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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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 220/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟС ЄVСЄΒ, laureate head to right / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding double cornucopiae and raising right hand; L Δ (date) in left field. RPC VI Online 10082; Köln 2328; Dattari (Savio) 4199; Emmett 2937.4. 13.17gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Titus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 79/80).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
• ΑΥΤΟΚ ΤΙΤΟΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ ΣΕΒ, laureate head to right / OMO-NOIA, Homonoia seated to left, holding olive branch and resting elbow on armrest; L B (date) to left. RPC II, 2463; Köln 317; Dattari (Savio) 422; K&G 22.2; Emmett 233.2. 12.97gr, 24mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT KAI ANTധNЄINOC, laureate head to right / Large S C; below, eagle standing slightly to left, head to right, with wings spread; uncertain letter and symbol flanking; all within wreath. Cf. McAlee 697A (A and ivy leaf). 6.97gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
