Lot 3267

Description

Corinthia, Corinth, Augustus, (31 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE As, issued 2-1 B.C., issued by C. Servilius and M. Antoninus Hipparchus, (8.79 grams), obv. bare head of Augustus to right, traces of CAESAR to left downwards, [CORINT], rev. heads of Gaius and Lucius Caesar facing each other C L between, around [C SERVILI]O C F PRIMO M ANTONIO HIP[PARCHO IIVIR], (S.166 [£75], BMC 505, Amandry Group XIb, obv. D5, rev. 14 [p. 147]. Lanz BCD Sale 105, lot 339); Tiberius, Drusus, (6.04 grams), issued A.D. 21-22, obv. Drusus head right, rev. Livia seated right, (cf.S.340, Amandry Group XV 10, obv.aa, rev.IId, Lanz BCD Sale 105 lot 376); Tiberius, deified Augustus obverse, issued A.D. 32-33, (5.92 grams), obv. radiate head left, rev. hexastyle temple, with architrave, (cf.S.-, Amandry Group XVI 122, obv.aa, rev. IIa1?, Lanz BCD Sale 105 lot 379). Good - fine, weak legends, all very rare. (3)

Ex BCD Collection [from duplicates] with tickets of previous collection owners September 1975 and August 1979 for the first coin; CNA [CNG] Sale XXI June 26 1992, [lot 759 part] second coin. all with tickets and coin photos. The standard reference is Michael Amandry 'Le Monnayage des Duovirs Corinthiens', Paris 1988.