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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Marcus Aurelius AE 20mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 161-180. Legionary issue.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥΤO [...], laureate head to right / Mount Argaios surmounted by statue of Sol-Helios; c/m: L XV(?) within rectangular incuse. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 17323. 7.12gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 29mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 26 of Agrippa II’s first era (AD 74/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...] KAI CЄBACTധ, laureate head to right / Є[TO] Kς (date) BA ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding ears of corn in her outstretched right hand, and cornucopia in her left arm. RPC II, 2274.11 & 21; Meshorer 158b; Hendin 1282a. 16.66gr, 29mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus as Caesar, with Agrippa II AE 23mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa II's second era (AD 73/4).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
ΑΥΤΟ TI[TOC] KAICAP CЄΒ, laureate head to right / L IΔ (date) BA[...] AΓΡI-ΠΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Cf. RPC II 2248; cf. Hendin 1303; cf. Meshorer 138. 14.36gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
