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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Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Lycum, Pontus. Dated CY 42 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΤΟ ϚΙ, laureate head to right / [Ν]ЄΙΚΟΠΟ[ΛЄധ]Ϲ [ЄΤΟΥϹ ΜΒ], Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. RPC III, 2942; cf. Dalaison, Nicopolis, 15a. 8.85gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M [...]TONIN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PETA COLON, founder, raising his right hand and plowing with yoke of oxen to right. Cf. RPC VI Online 9377. 4.12gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, BI Tetradrachm. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT K M A ANΤWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate bust to r., slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO B, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head and tail to l. with wreath in beak; star between legs, Δ-Є across fields. Prieur 249; McAlee-758. 16.13gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 1292. Property of a London, UK, private collector.
