LOT 2790
Nero, with Divus Augustus, BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 54-68.
Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7) ΝЄΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣЄΒ ΓЄΡ AV, radiate bust of Nero to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) in left field / ΘЄΟΣ ΣЄΒΑΣΤΟΣ, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right. RPC I 5294; Emmett 113. Very Fine.(12.66gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Egyptian Exploration Society, 1970s.
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LOT 2790
Nero, with Divus Augustus, BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Attica, Athens AE 10mm. Circa AD 120-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Agora Periods VB and C. Bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis(?); all within dotted border / Owl standing to left, head facing, A-ΘΗ in fields. RPC IV.1 Online 8273.25 (temporary); Kroll 229; Svoronos pl. 88, 49. 1.74gr, 10mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear pointing forward and shield on left arm / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right above her, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment; river-god swimming to right below. BMC - (cf. 25 for obv., 23 for rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti 2620. 9.78gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Macrinus AE 23mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C M OPE SEVE MACRINVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / C G I H PA (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), Genius standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera over lighted altar with right. Unpublished in the standard references, including BMC, SNG BnF, SNG von Aulock and Copenhagen. 5.95gr, 23mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Black patina. Unpublished with this obverse legend.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
