LOT 2791
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 54-68.
Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4). NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. McAlee 265b; Prieur 89; RPC I 4189. Good Very Fine.(15.38gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nero, with Divus Augustus, BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7) ΝЄΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣЄΒ ΓЄΡ AV, radiate bust of Nero to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) in left field / ΘЄΟΣ ΣЄΒΑΣΤΟΣ, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right. RPC I 5294; Emmett 113. 12.66gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Egyptian Exploration Society, 1970s. -
Philip I AE 21mm of Metropolis, Ionia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
M IOY • ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHTPO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20411; SNG BnF 1652; SNG Copenhagen 933. 4.58gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection.
