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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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Trajan AE 19mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98/9. Rome mint, for circulation in the East.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head to right / KOINON CYPIAC, turreted head of Tyche to right. RPC III 3656; McAlee 500. 6.03gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins. Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Judaea, Ascalon AE 16mm. Time of Vespasian; dated CY 180 (AD 76-77). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche to right / ΠP (date) over AΣ above war galley to right. RPC II 2205; SNG ANS 683-7; Rosenberger 55. 4.36gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[AVG], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. RPC I 1656; SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); Varbanov 3770. 4.95gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
