LOT 2909
Lydia, Sardeis AE 15mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
ΤΙ. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΜΝΑΣΕΑΣ (Ti. Claudius Mnaseas), strategos. Struck circa AD 65. Pseudo-autonomous issue. ЄΠI TI MNACЄOY CAPΔIANΩN, laurate head of Herakles to right, with lion's skin draped around his neck / CЄΒΑCΤΗ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. RPC I 3010; GRPC Lydia 264; SNG Copenhagen 504. Very Fine.(2.23gr, 15mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated RY 5 (AD 289/0). Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 88733; Dattari (Savio) 10734; Emmett 4147.5. 7.78gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Otho BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 69.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dated RY 1 (AD 69). ΑΥΤΟΚ ΜΑΡΚ ΟΘΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate head to right; L A (date) beneath chin / KPA-[TH-Σ]IΣ, Kratesis standing facing, head to left, holding Nike and trophy. RPC I 5361; Köln 249; Dattari (Savio) 328; K&G 18.7; Emmett 185.1. 9.17gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. Property of a Chester, UK, private collector.
