Catalogue
Phoenicia, Roman Province, Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver tetradrachm, Tyre Mint, (14.59 g), issued 113, obv. Trajan laureate head right, **AUTOKR KAI* C NEP TPAIAN O CCEB **GERM DAK*, legend around, rev. **DHMARC EX IE UPAT* E, eagle standing facing on club, wings spread, head to left, palm in right field, (cf.S.1077, Prieur 1504). Toned, good very fine or better and scarce with a full legend.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Phoenicia, Tyre, Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver tetradrachm (14.35 g), issued 110-111, obv. Trajan laureate head to right, supported by eagle standing right, club below, around AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB **GERM DAK*, rev. Tyche of Antioch with turreted headdress, holding ears of wheat and poppyhead, seated on a pile of rocks, river god Orontes swimming right below, around **DHMAPC EX IE UPATE*, (S.1089, Prieur 1498, Wruck 163, BMC 9). Toned, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $440
Phoenicia, Tyre Mint, Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver tetradrachm (14.34 g), issued regal year 16 = 112, obv. Trajan laureate head to right supported by eagle standing right and club, around **AUTOKR KAIC NER TRAIANOC CEB* **GERM DAK*, rev. small laureate bust of Herakles to right, around **DHMARC EX IZ UPAT*Z, (cf.S.1088, McAlee 461, Prieur 1516, RPC 3542). Lightly toned, very fine or better and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Mesopotamia, Carrhae, Caracalla (A.D. 198-217), silver tetradrachm, (12.75 g), issued A.D. 215-217, obv. radiate head of Caracalla to right, around AYT K M A ANTWNEINOC C EB, rev. eagle standing facing, head to right, wreath in beak, to left above star, between legs crescent, in exergue two dots, around **DMARC EZ UPA TO D* (cf.S.2701, Prieur 830). Good very fine, with some traces of mint bloom, rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Egypt, Alexandria, Nero with Octavia, (A.D. 54-68), billon tetradrachm, year 4 = A.D. 57-58, (12.51 g), obv. radiate head of Nero, **[NER]K KLAU KAIS SEB GERAU[TO]* around, rev. draped bust of Octavia to right, L**D* before, around **OKTAOUIA SEBA[STOU]*, (S.657, Emmett 127.4, RPC 5213, Dattari 191 var). Toned, surface pitting, very fine and a rare issue of Octavia.
Estimate $400
SOLD $420
Egypt, Alexandria, Poppaea under Nero (A.D. 62-65), billon tetradrachm, year 10 = A.D. 63-4, (12.91 g), obv. Nero radiate head to right, around **NEPW KLAU KAI [SEB GER AU]*, rev. bust of Poppaea to right, **POPPAIA SE[BASTH] around, LI to right, (S.664, Koln 157-9, Milne 217-221, Savio 196). Toned, good fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $170
Egypt, Alexandria, Nerva, (A.D. 96-98), billon tetradrachm, (11.87 g), Dated RY 1 (AD 96/7), obv. laureate head of Nerva right, around **AUT NEROUAC KAIC CEB*, rev. draped bust of Serapis right, L A (date) across field, (cf.S.951, K?ln 436, Milne 535, Emmett 365). Toned, some surface porosity, fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Syrtica, Oea, Julia Augusta (Livia), (A.D. 14-29), AE As, (9.32 g), struck c.A.D. 22/3-29, obv. draped bust of Livia right, rev. helmeted bust of Minerva left, wearing aegis, Neo-Punic WY'T before, (S.211, MAA 34, M?ller 35, RPC I 835). Attractive dark toning, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400