LOT 3474
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 69-70).
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ[Α ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right; beneath chin, L B (date) / Nike flying to left with wreath and palm. RPC II, 2412; Dattari 360; Geissen 276-277. Near Very Fine.(9.79gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Septimius Severus AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 201-203. ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ ΓΑΛΛΟΣ (Aurelius Gallus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AV • K • Λ • CЄΠ • CЄVHPOC • ΠE(ligate), laureate head to right / VΠA • AVP • ΓAΛΛOV • NEIKOΠOΛIT • ΠPOC • IC, Septimius Severus riding horse to right, spearing boar below. HH&J, Nicopolis 8.14.34.16; Varbanov 2617 var. (legends). 12.67gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ascalon, Judaea. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove to right with olive branch in beak. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 79260; Prieur -. 11.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 525, 20 October 2022, lot 713. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
