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LOT 3447
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Time of Vespasian, AD 69-79. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
CAPΔI-ANΩN, draped bust of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / CAPΔI-ANΩN, Zeus Lydios standing to left, holding eagle and sceptre. GRPC Lydia 271; Leypold I, 1200. Very Fine. Very rare.(5.43gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Tiberius (18/9 CE). Jerusalem mint.
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In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and [L] Є (date) across field. RPC I 4965; Meshorer 328; Hendin 6368. 2.28gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 6 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑ[ΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L Ϛ (date) to right. RPC II 2442; Dattari (Savio) 385; Köln 299; K&G 20.44; Emmett 217.6. 9.23gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
