LOT 3506
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 6 (AD 73/4).
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑ[ΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L Ϛ (date) to right. RPC II 2442; Dattari (Savio) 385; Köln 299; K&G 20.44; Emmett 217.6. Near Very Fine.(9.23gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Claudius AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 50/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΒΑϹ ΓЄΡΜΑ], laureate head to right; L IA (date) beneath chin / AVTO-KPA, bundle of four stalks of grain with winged caduceus. RPC I 5182; Köln 100; Dattari (Savio) 141; K&G 12.70; Emmett 78.11. 6.80gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Light brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Headdress of Isis; L Ι-Z (date) across fields. RPC III 4819; Emmett 710. 1.43gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
