LOT 3379
Phoenicia, Dora AE 22mm. Dated CY 130 (AD 66/7). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Laureate head of Doros to right / ΔധΡΙΤധΝ, Astarte standing facing, head to right, holding signa and cornucopia; ΛP (date) to left. RPC I, 4758. Near Very Fine.(10.22gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right / ΓΑΔΑ[ΡЄ]-ΩΝ • ЄΚC, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6675 (temporary); Rosenberger 51; Sofaer 44; Spijkerman 49. 6.34gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 574, 6 November 2024, lot 265. -
Nero, with Tiberius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ]Σ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV, radiate head of Nero to left, wearing aegis; [L] ΙΓ (date) to left / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑP, laureate head of Tiberius to right. RPC I, 5295; Dattari 185; Geissen 187-189. 12.26gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
