LOT 3499
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 (AD 264/5).
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. Near Extremely Fine.(9.46gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3499
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ [C]ЄB ЄYCB(sic), laureate head to right / Poseidon standing to right, foot on prow, holding trident and dolphin; L Є (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 364; Dattari 2321; Geissen 1378. 11.97gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Alia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 150-161. ΓΑΪΟΣ ΑΣΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΓΡΕΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΣ (Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos), archiereus/asiarch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ, draped bust to right / ΑΓΡЄΥϹ ΑΡΧΙЄ-ΡΑΤЄ [ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙϹ], Aphrodite standing facing, nude, head to left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left at her feet, uncertain object (column or tree trunk). RPC IV.2 Online 1762; von Aulock Phrygiens I, 78-9; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 195, no. 5. 4.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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.
