LOT 2792
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 2 (AD 69/70).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head of Vespasian to right / ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠ ΚΑΙΣ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ, laureate head of Titus to right; star to left, barred B (date) to right. RPC II 1940; McAlee 328; Prieur 106A. Good Very Fine.(15.17gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2792
Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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Domitian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 10 (AD 90/1). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ Ϲ[ЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ], laureate head to right / Harpocrates standing to left, holding cornucopia; L I (date) in left field. RPC II, 2580; Dattari (Savio) 6741; Geissen 373. 8.47gr, 24mm, 12h.
Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Attica, Athens AE 10mm. Circa AD 120-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Agora Periods VB and C. Bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis(?); all within dotted border / Owl standing to left, head facing, A-ΘΗ in fields. RPC IV.1 Online 8273.25 (temporary); Kroll 229; Svoronos pl. 88, 49. 1.74gr, 10mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 247-249. ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, statue of Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping to right above and river-god swimming to right below, within tetrastyle temple with arched pediment. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. 11.41gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection.
