LOT 3356
Nero AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81/3.
IMP DOMITIA-[NVS] CAES AVG, laureate head of Domitian to right / S C within laurel wreath; below, Η. RPC II, 2021h; McAlee 407h. Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(13.09gr, 28mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 (AD 65/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΝΕ]ΡΩ ΚΛ[ΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ Σ]ΕΒ ΓΕΡ AΛ(?), radiate and cuirassed bust of Nero to right / ΑΥΤΟ-ΚΡΑ, bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant headdress; L IB (date) before. Cf. RPC I, 5289. 11.60gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 18mm of Gaza, Judaea. Dually dated CY 195 and Epidemia 7 (AD 135/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[Α ΚΑ ΤΡ Α]ΔΡ[ΙΑΝΟϹ], laureate head to right / Hercules standing facing, head to right, holding club and lion's skin; ΓΑΖ[Α] Ζ (Epidemia date) ΕΠΙ ΕЧ[Ρ] (CY date) around. RPC III, 4043; Sofaer 77. 5.26gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias, Trachonitis. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[...TONЄINOC CЄ[...], laureate head to right / [KAI]CAPIA ΠANIAC, Tyche standing facing, head to right, her left foot on rock, holding rudder and cornucopia; [date across field]. Cf. Sofaer 20; cf. Meshorer, Caesarea 22; cf. SNG ANS 873. 14.33gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
