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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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Kantharos with scroll handles; [L Δ (date) across lower field] / Grape leaf on branch with tendrils. Cf. RPC I, 4962; cf. Meshorer 325; cf. Hendin 6366. 1.92, 16mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT KAI ANTധNЄINOC, laureate head to right / Large S C; below, eagle standing slightly to left, head to right, with wings spread; uncertain letter and symbol flanking; all within wreath. Cf. McAlee 697A (A and ivy leaf). 6.97gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Maeonia AE 14mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate and draped bust of Herakles to right / ΜΑΙΟΝΩ[Ν], club and bow in bowcase; above, bee. RPC III, 2428; GRPC Lydia 20; SNG von Aulock 3008. 2.98gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
