LOT 3350
Vespasian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 76-77.
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΟΥЄCΠΑCΙΑΝΟC CЄΒΑ, laureate head to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left. RPC II, 1659; Ganschow 71; SNG von Aulock 6362. Very Fine.(1.59gr, 15mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Marcus Aurelius AE 20mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 161-180. Legionary issue.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥΤO [...], laureate head to right / Mount Argaios surmounted by statue of Sol-Helios; c/m: L XV(?) within rectangular incuse. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 17323. 7.12gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Maesa AE 28mm of Caesarea Panias(?), Judaea. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IOVΛIA MЄCA [...], draped bust to right / Front view of temple with two columns, within which Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and rudder, placing foot on galley prow. Cf. RPC VI Online 9204. 15.81gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 56/57).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
NEP KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AYTO, laureate head to right / ΠΡΟΝ ΝΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, Nero seated to left, radiate and togate, holding mappa(?) with his extended right hand and vertical sceptre with his left, his feet resting on stool; L Γ (date) to left. RPC I 5203; Köln 121; Dattari (Savio) 200; K&G 14.9 corr. (obv. legend); Emmett 120.3. 6.14gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Large areas of delamination.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
