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, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (CE 54). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[NEPധ] KΛAY KA[ICAP], two crossed shields over two crossed spears / [BPIT above], K-AI and L [IΔ] (date) across field; palm tree. RPC I, 4971; Meshorer 340; Hendin 6377. 2.05gr, 117mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.18gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Nero AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81/3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP DOMITIA-[NVS] CAES AVG, laureate head of Domitian to right / S C within laurel wreath; below, Η. RPC II, 2021h; McAlee 407h. 13.09gr, 28mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
