LOT 3456
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4).
NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing archaic aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. RPC I 4189; McAlee 265b; Prieur 89. Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.(15.06gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3(?) (AD 70/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣЄΒΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Winged and draped bust of Nike to right; [L Γ?] (date) to right. Cf. RPC II 2427; cf. Dattari (Savio) 389-90; cf. Emmett 208.3. 29.02gr, 35mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 12mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Radiate and draped bust to right (Baalshamin?), wearing kalathos / Radiate and draped bust to left (Malakbel?). Krzyzanowska Type XII; SNG München 522-7. 1.88gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Time of Vespasian, AD 69-79. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. 5.43gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
