LOT 3471
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).
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. Near Very Fine.(12.86gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Aurelian, with Vaballathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271-March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Λ ΔΟΜ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across field / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Vaballathus to right; L Є (date) across field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75754; Emmett 3914. 7.74gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). 4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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. 1.76gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
