LOT 3468
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 64/5).
[ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ] ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ, radiate bust to right, wearing aegis / ΑΥ-ΤΟΚΡΑ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, palm over far wing; L IA (date) in left field. RPC I, 5283; Dattari 270; Emmett 118; Geissen 163. Good Very Fine.(12.75gr, 23mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 56/57).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
NEP KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AYTO, laureate head to right / ΠΡΟΝ ΝΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, Nero seated to left, radiate and togate, holding mappa(?) with his extended right hand and vertical sceptre with his left, his feet resting on stool; L Γ (date) to left. RPC I 5203; Köln 121; Dattari (Savio) 200; K&G 14.9 corr. (obv. legend); Emmett 120.3. 6.14gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Large areas of delamination.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 265/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AYT Κ Π ΛΙK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle with closed wings standing to right, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm frond; L ΙΓ (date) across field. RPC X Online 75534; Köln 2928; Dattari (Savio) 5288; K&G 90.86; Emmett 3806.13. 10.35gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I, with Otacilia Severa and Philip II AE 29mm of Damascus, Cyrrhestica. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[IMPP] DD NN PHILIPPIS AV[GG], confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Philip II, smaller, radiate, draped, and cuirassed, vis à vis / M OTAC SEVER[A AVG], diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa to right, resting on a crescent; below, [ram running to right, head to left?]. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 15988. 13.34gr, 29mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
