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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Otho AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 1 (AD 69).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
AYΤΟΚΡΑΤധΡ • M • OΘധN KAICAP CЄΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head to right / Eagle with spread wings standing to left on wreath, holding wreath in beak; between eagle's legs, crescent; in field to left, palm frond; ЄΤΟΥC A (date) below. RPC I, 4199; McAlee 316; Prieur 101. 15.22gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
• ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙ • ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ • ϹЄ •, laureate head to right / • ΔΗΜΑΡΧ • ЄΞ • ΥΠΑΤΟϹ • ΤΟ • Γ •, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head and tail to left, with wreath in beak; between legs, star. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87425; Bellinger 65; McAlee 33; Amandry & Prieur 48; Prieur 1164. 12.54gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Germanicus with Diva Agrippina Senior AE Hemiassarion or Half Assarion of Aezanis, Phrygia. Struck under Gaius, AD 37-41. ΚΛΑΣΣΙΚΟΣ (Lollios Klassikos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΓЄPMANIK-OC, laureate head of Germanicus to right / ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ ЄΠΙ ΚΛΑϹϹΙΚΟΥ AIZA-NITധΝ, draped bust of Agrippina Senior to right. RPC I, 3081; SNG Copenhagen 71. 3.83gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
