LOT 3491
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180/1).
Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ, laureate head to right / Trophy; bound captive seated to left and right; L K-A (date) across field. RPC IV.4 3380; Köln 2205; Dattari (Savio) 3904; K&G 41.25; Emmett 2559.21. Near Very Fine.(9.97gr, 23mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 56/57).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
NEP KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AYTO, laureate head to right / ΠΡΟΝ ΝΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, Nero seated to left, radiate and togate, holding mappa(?) with his extended right hand and vertical sceptre with his left, his feet resting on stool; L Γ (date) to left. RPC I 5203; Köln 121; Dattari (Savio) 200; K&G 14.9 corr. (obv. legend); Emmett 120.3. 6.14gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Large areas of delamination.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Nero AE 18mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 131 (AD 67/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head to right; c/m: male head(?) to right within incuse circle / Horse standing to left; [AΛP (date)] in exergue. Cf. RPC I, 4808; for c/m: Howgego 121. 6.78gr, 18mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero, with Agrippa II AE 18mm of Caesarea Paneas (as Neronias), Judaea. Struck under Agrippa II, AD 61-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ], laureate head to right; lituus before / ΕΠI BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. RPC I, 4988; Hendin 6303. 5.45gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
