Tiberius Æ 26mm of Aegeae, Cilicia. AD 14-37. Nik-, magistrate. [ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ Κ]ΑΙΣΑΡOΣ ΣΕ[ΒΑΣΤΟΥ], laureate head to left / AIΓEAIΩN NIK in three lines within wreath. RPC I 4031A (post publication); Haymann 4. 11.42g, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare, one of three examples recorded on RPC online.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
From the property of an American collector;
Ex Paul-Francis Jacquier, Auction 44, 13 September 2018, lot 164;
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 3, 25 February 2018, lot 625.
Description
Tiberius AR Drachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 33-34. [TI CAES] AVG P M TR P XXX[V], laureate head to right / DRVS[VS CAES TI AVG F COS] II TR P, bare head of Drusus to left. RPC I 3622; RIC I 87; BMCRE 173; RSC 2 var. (reverse legend). 3.79g, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine; pleasant light cabinet tone. Rare.
Caligula Æ 22mm of Tripolis, Phoenicia. Dated CY 350 = AD 38/9. Laureate head to left; L NT (date) before / The Dioscuri standing facing, heads to left, each holding wreath over pileus and sceptre; ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ in exergue. RPC I 4519; BMC 38. 10.87g, 22mm, 12h.
Nero Æ 18mm of Iulia, Phrygia. Circa AD 55. Sergios Hephaistion, magistrate. ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ, bare-headed and draped bust to right / ΣΕΡΓΙΟΣ ΗΦΑΙΣΤΙΩΝ ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ, Mên on horseback to right, holding spear. RPC I 3191. 3.27g, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.
Description
Nero, with Poppaea, Æ 26mm of the Koinon of Galatia. Circa AD 62-65. Ν[ΕΡΩΝΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ], laureate head of Nero to right; c/m: uncertain design (sphinx?) within incuse circle / [ΠΟ]ΠΠΑΙΑΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΣ, draped bust of Poppaea to right. RPC I 3562; SNG BnF 2400; SNG von Aulock 6117. 10.99g, 26mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the Vitangelo Collection, collector's ticket included.
Description
Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 58-60. NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMANI, laureate head to right / Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm frond; ARME-NIAC across fields. RPC I 3644; Sydenham, Caesarea 81; RIC I 615. 1.36g, 13mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private North American collection.
Description
Nero, with Divus Claudius, AR Didrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Circa AD 63-65. NERO [CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CA]ESAR AVG GERMA, laureate head of Nero to right / DIVOS CLAVD AVGVST GERMANIC PA[TER AVG], laureate head of Claudius to right. RPC I 3647; Sydenham, Caesarea 66; RIC I 620 corr. (obv. legend). 7.66g, 22mm, 11h.
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Contemporary imitation. Dated RY 11 = AD 64/5. NЄPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ Σ[ЄB ΓЄ], radiate bust to right / AVT[OKPA], draped bust of Sarapis to right; L I[A] (date) before. Cf. Dattari (Savio) p. 315, 44-71; Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), Obv. I/Rev. 2. 12.04g, 23mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
As noted by Metcalf, contemporary forgeries of Alexandrian coins are extremely rare and thus "Newell's hoard provides the first evidence for an extensive counterfeiting in early imperial Egypt, and preserves the handiwork of a skilled and prolific forger." (see Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), p. 65-66 for more).
Description
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Contemporary imitation. Dated RY 11 = AD 64/5. NЄPΩ KΛ[AY KAIΣ ΣЄB ΓЄ] (retrograde), radiate bust to right, wearing aegis / [AY]TOKPA, Eagle standing to left, palm over shoulder; L IA (date) in left field. Dattari (Savio) p. 316, 40-2; Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), Obv. V/Rev. 6. 14.55g, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
As noted by Metcalf, contemporary forgeries of Alexandrian coins are extremely rare and thus "Newell's hoard provides the first evidence for an extensive counterfeiting in early imperial Egypt, and preserves the handiwork of a skilled and prolific forger." (see Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), p. 65-66 for more).
Description
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Contemporary imitation. Dated RY 12 = AD 65/6. NЄPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣЄB ΓЄ, radiate bust to right / AYTOKPA, bust of Alexandria to right; L IB (date) in right field. Dattari (Savio) p. 316, 24-5; Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), Obv. I/Rev. 1. 12.11g, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Description
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Contemporary imitation. Dated RY 13 = AD 66/7. NЄPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣЄB ΓЄ[PM], radiate bust to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) in left field / ΑΚΤΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ, laureate and draped bust of Apollo Aktios to right, with quiver over his shoulder; to right, star. Dattari (Savio) p. 318, 39; Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), Obv. VII/Rev. 15. 13.88g, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
As noted by Metcalf, contemporary forgeries of Alexandrian coins are extremely rare and thus "Newell's hoard provides the first evidence for an extensive counterfeiting in early imperial Egypt, and preserves the handiwork of a skilled and prolific forger." (see Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), p. 65-66 for more).
Description
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Contemporary imitation. Dated RY 13 = AD 66/7. NЄPΩ KΛAY KAI[Σ ΣЄB ΓЄPM], radiate bust to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) in left field / ΗΡΑ ΑΡΓΕΙΑ,(retrograde), diademed, veiled, and draped bust of Hera to left. Dattari (Savio) p. 318, 36-7; Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), Obv. VII/Rev. 12. 11.56g, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
As noted by Metcalf, contemporary forgeries of Alexandrian coins are extremely rare and thus "Newell's hoard provides the first evidence for an extensive counterfeiting in early imperial Egypt, and preserves the handiwork of a skilled and prolific forger." (see Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), p. 65-66 for more).
Description
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Contemporary imitation. Dated RY 13 = AD 66/7. NЄPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣЄB [ΓЄPM], radiate bust to left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) in left field / ΘΕΟΣ [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ], radiate bust of Augustus to right. Dattari (Savio) p. 317, 400; Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), Obv. VII/Rev. 13. 11.93g, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
As noted by Metcalf, contemporary forgeries of Alexandrian coins are extremely rare and thus "Newell's hoard provides the first evidence for an extensive counterfeiting in early imperial Egypt, and preserves the handiwork of a skilled and prolific forger." (see Metcalf, "Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor", in Revue Belge de Numismatique (Vol. CXXII, 1976), p. 65-66 for more).
Description
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 9 and year 111 of the Caesarean Era = AD 62/3. NEPΩ[N KAIΣAP Σ]EBAΣTOY, laureate head to right, wearing archaic aegis / ETOYΣ AIP•Θ, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; pellet and palm to right. RPC I 4185; McAlee 261; Prieur 85. 14.90g, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private North American collection.
Description
Nero, with Divus Claudius, BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 63-68. NERO CLAVD DIVI [CLAVD F CAESAR AV]G GER, laureate head of Nero to right; star behind / [DIVOS C]LAVD AVG GERMANIC [PATER AVG], laureate head of Divus Claudius to right. RPC I 4123; McAlee 270; Prieur 48. 14.04g, 26mm, 12h.
Agrippina II (mother of Nero) Æ 16mm of Acmonea, Phrygia. Circa AD 55. L. Servenius Capito and Julia Severa, magistrates. [ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ] ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝ, draped bust to right, grain ear and poppy to right / [ΕΠΙ] ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ [ΚΑΠΙΤ]ΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ [ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑΣ] ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; at feet to right, small Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RPC I 3173. 2.56g, 16mm, 12h.
Octavia (first wife of Nero) Æ 26mm of Perinthus, Thrace. Circa AD 54-62. ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, diademed and draped bust to right / ΗΡΑ [ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ], cult statue of Hera of Samos to left, holding filleted patera. RPC I 1755; Schönert-Geiss 255; Varbanov 23. 9.85g, 26mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the property of an American collector;
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 318, 11 March 2019, lot 1075;
Ex Dr. Klaus Berthold Collection, acquired in March 2004.
Beloved by the people of Rome but hated by her husband, Claudia Octavia's marriage to her stepbrother Nero was surely an unhappy one. The younger daughter of the former emperor Claudius was Nero's first wife when an affair with his mistress Poppaea Sabina resulted in pregnancy. Divorcing Octavia, Nero had her banished to the island of Pandateria on the false pretence that she had committed 'adultery'. The People of Rome demanded her return, but she was soon after executed on the orders of Poppaea.
Description
Poppaea (second wife of Nero) Æ 27mm of Perinthus, Thrace. AD 59-63. ΠΟΠΠΑ[ΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ], diademed and draped bust to right / Headdress of Isis within laurel wreath; Π-Ε across fields. RPC I 1756; Varbanov 27. 9.45g, 26mm, 6h.
Nerva Æ 27mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 97. [IMP CAES]AR NERVA AV[G III COS], laureate head to right / Large S•C, K below, within laurel wreath. RPC III 3489; McAlee 421k; BMC 265. 14.92g, 27mm, 12h.