LOT 3466
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3).
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L Γ (date) to right / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing to left, veiled and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column. RPC I, 5131; Dattari (Savio) 123; Emmett 74.3. Near Very Fine.(12.40gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt Fourrée Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. 36 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
[BACIΛICCA K]ΛЄOΠA[TPA ΘЄA NЄധTЄPA], diademed bust of Cleopatra to right, wearing earring, necklace, and embroidered dress / ANTധNIOC AVTOKPA[TധP TPITON TPIധN ANΔPധN], bare head of Marc Antony to right. For prototype: RPC I, 4094; McAlee 174; Prieur 27; HGC 9, 1361. 12.02gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 32mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 115.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS [VI P P], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Astarte-Tyche standing to left, resting foot on helmet and holding bust and sceptre, within Tetrastyle temple with central arch behind enclosure with altar in front; at feet in right field, harbour-god holding anchor; • C • T(sic) • F AVG • C•A•E•S • in exergue. RPC II 3954; Rosenberger 19; Kadman 22; Sofaer pl. 23 , 21; Samuels 172. 17.90gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa II, with Claudius AE Unit. Dated RY 13 (53/4 CE). Tiberias mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ, palm branch; L IΓ (date) across field / [TIBEPIAC] in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4852; Meshorer 348; Hendin 6297; Sofaer 80 (Interim Period between Agrippa I and II). 12.56gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
