LOT 3475
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 69/70).
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑ[ΝΟΥ], laureate head to right; L B (date) before / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝ]-ΔΡΕΙΑ, Alexandria standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress, holding wreath in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RPC II, 2414; Dattari (Savio) 354; Emmett 202.2; K&G 20.13. Near Very Fine.(6.98gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 271/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑVΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑVΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L B across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75642. 8.39gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Valerian I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 256/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A K Π ΛI OVAΛЄPIANOC ЄV ЄVC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L Δ (date) across field. Köln 2862; Dattari (Savio) 5184; K&G 88.23; Emmett 3705.4. 11.99gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥ Κ Λ ϹEΠΤ ϹEΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΠЄΡ ϹEΒA, laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠEΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ[...], Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small stele(?) in extended right hand and trophy in left. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68625; cf. Rosenberger IV, 19; cf. Spijkerman 2. 9.08gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
