LOT 3473
Galba BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 68).
[ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ] ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕB [ΑΥ], laureate head to right; L A (date) in lower right field / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕ[Α], draped bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant skin headdress. RPC I, 5326; Köln 217; Dattari (Savio) 298-9; K&G 17.1; Emmett 170.1. Near Very Fine.(8.72gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 14 (AD 67/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑY ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕB ΓΕΡ AY], radiate bust of Nero to left, wearing aegis; L ΙΔ (date) before / ΗΡΑ ΑΡΓΕΙΑ, veiled and draped bust of Hera Argeia to right. RPC I, 5309; Dattari (Savio) 235; Emmett 122.14; K&G 14.109. 12.88gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 (AD 264/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Homonoia seated to left, raising right arm and holding double cornucopiae; palm to right, L ΙΒ (date) in two lines to left. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75514; Dattari (Savio) 5249; Emmett 3817.12. 9.46gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nero, with Agrippa II AE 17mm of Caesarea Paneas (as Neronias), Judaea. Struck under Agrippa II, AD 61-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[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. 6.04gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
