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LOT 3267
Tacitus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 275/6).
A K KΛ TAKITOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; ЄTOVC A (date) to left and right. Köln 3113; Dattari (Savio) 5520; K&G 110.1; Emmett 3974.1. Good Very Fine.(8.22gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29 of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8 ).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΚΘ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. Meshorer 172; Hendin 6322; RPC II 2288; Sofaer 246. 16.31gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Faustina II AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
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. -
Gordian III AE 21mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. 8.13gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
