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Extremely Rare

LOT 3015

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72


Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Struck under Augustus 27 BC-AD 14.

Dated RY 42 (AD 12/13) Draped bust to right / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding Nike in her extended right hand, left hand on grounded shield; L MB (date) across fields. RPC I 5072; Köln 45; Dattari (Savio) 63; K&G 3.16; Emmett 53.42 (R4). 7.17gr, 24mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. Black patina. Extremely rare, only three examples recorded in RPC.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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