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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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Cos III (AD 100).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑNΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head of Trajan to right, above eagle standing to right, with wings folded; in left field, palm branch projecting from Trajan’s head; in right field, club / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. RPC III, 3526; Prieur 1482; McAlee 452. 14.58gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful toning.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 64/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
[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. 12.75gr, 23mm, 11h.
Good 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.
