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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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ ΚΑIC ΤΡΑΙAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; below, crocodile to right; L IZ (date) above. RPC III, 5822; Dattari (Savio) 1435; Emmett 876.17; K&G 35.534. 9.80gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nerva AE 26mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 97.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[IMP C]AESAR • NER-[VA AVG III COS], laureate head to right / Large S•C, I below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3488; Wruck 135; CRS 193a; McAlee 421(j). 14.28gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Thuria, Messenia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M AY[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΘOY[PI]-ATΩN Λ-A, Athena standing to left, holding spear and patera. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 834.3-4. 4.21gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
