LOT 3498
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 263/4).
• AY • K Π ΛIK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; L IA (retrograde) to upper left. RPC X Online 75490; Köln 2919; Dattari (Savio) 5267; K&G 90.76; Emmett 3836.11. Good Very Fine.(13.26gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Elagabalus AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / T-VRI-ORV-[M], hexastyle temple within stands Astarte erecting trophy, behind her, Nike standing on short column, placing wreath on her head; murex shell, altar and palm in exergue. Cf. RPC VI, 8623 (temporary). 14.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very 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. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[L Є KAIC-AP]OC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.03gr, 16mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
