LOT 3494
Severus Alexander BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 224/225).
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Athena seated to left, holding Nike with wreath and sceptre; beside throne, shield; L Δ (date) before. RPC VI Online 10269; Dattari 4285; Geissen 2420; Emmett 3095. Near Very Fine.(12.70gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Severus Alexander BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 225/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A KAI MA AVP CЄV AΛЄZANΔPOC [ЄV], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left, on garlanded lectisternium, wearing kalathos and holding rudder; L Є (date) in upper field. RPC VI Online 10306; Dattari 4384; Emmett 3140. 10.57gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip II, as Caesar AE 31mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANTIOXЄΩN MHTPO KOΛΩ, towered, draped and veiled bust of Tyche to right, ram leaping to right above, head reverted to left; Δ Є across upper fields, S C across lower fields. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 7507; CRS 494d; McAlee 1067. 18.20gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Tiberius AE Hemiassarion or Half Assarion of Koinon of Galatia. Dated CY 50 (AD 25 or 28-30). Possibly Pessinus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[TIBEPIO]Σ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right / MHTHP ΘEധN ETEI N, turreted and draped bust of Cybele with long hair to left. RPC I 3554; SNG BnF 2393-4. 6.80gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
