LOT 3469
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 (AD 65/6).
[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. Near Very Fine.(11.60gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / L Є (date) within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75716; Köln 3089; Dattari (Savio) 5469; K&G 106.49; Emmett 3961.5. 10.39gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Nero, with Agrippa II AE 17mm of Caesarea Paneas (as Neronias), Judaea. Struck under Agrippa II, AD 61-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ], laureate head to right; [lituus before] / ΕΠI BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. RPC I, 4988; Hendin 6303. 6.04gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, radiate bust to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) beneath chin / ΣΕBAΣTOΦOPOΣ, galley sailing to right, dolphins below. RPC I, 5296; Dattari (Savio) 264; Emmett 121.13. 12.86gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
