Lot 4550
Sale 87 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Stamps & Banknotes
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Description
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orentem, Gaius Caligula and Agrippina Senior, (A.D. 37-41), silver tetradrachm (14.60 grams), Dated RY 2 (37/8 AD), obv. **GAI[OU KAISA]ROS SEBA [GER]MA*, laureate head of Caligula right, rev. **AGRIPPE[INHS] ANTIO MHTRO, draped bust of Agrippina right; B/ET (date) in right field, and trace of dot behind bust, dotted border, (S.418, BMC 165 [p.171], Prieur 66; RPC I 4166; Wruck -. McAlee 224). Fine and rare.
Ex Richard A. Williams Collection sold in Noble Numismatics Sale 45 (lot 1802). RPC note five coins of this variety and ten for the year. In all only 19 coins noted in RPC of tetradrachms of Caligula and Agrippina
- Estimate
- $800
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $600