| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 280 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 150 USD / 139 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Galba, 68-69. Tetradrachm (Billon, 24.85 mm, 12.59 g) Dated RY 1 (= 9 June / 28 August 68) ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΑΥT Laureate head of Galba right, LA (date) below chin. Rev. ΕΙΡΗΝΗ Veiled and draped bust of Eirene right, wearing olive wreath, caduceus left. Vogt I, pp. 37-41. Vogt II, p. 12. BMC 190. Dattari 302. Geissen 219. RPC I 5328. Emmett 171. Savio, Adriano, Tetradrammi Alessandrini, Milano 2007, pp. 57-59. K&G 17.3. Very Fine. Ex Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 69, 13.12.2005, lot 136. Galba's Alexandrian year 1 issues lasted less than three months, and here the image of the new ruler is still strongly influenced by the traits of his unfortunate predecessor Nero, pending the official one from Rome. But at least the reverse finally wishes for peace in the empire. Starting price: 130 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 281 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 369 USD / 341 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Galba, 68-69. Tetradrachm (Billon, 24.55 mm, 11.63 g). Dated RY 1 (= 68). ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟ[ΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙ]Σ ΣΕB [ΑΥT] Laureate head of Galba to right; L A (date) in right field below chin. Rev. ΕΛΕΥ-ΘTΕΡΙΑ Eleutheria standing front, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and resting her right arm on column, scepter behind. Vogt I, pp. 37-41. Vogt II, p. 12. BMC 192. K&G 17.4. Dattari 306 (this coin). Geissen 220. RPC I, 5327. Emmett 172. Savio, Adriano, Tetradrammi Alessandrini, Milano 2007, pp. 57-59. Extremely Fine. Ex Giovanni Dattari collection 306. Ex Naville Numismatics 43, 23 September 2018, lot 252. Selected coin from the famous collection of Giovanni Dattari. Very rare for the limited period of issue and in particularly fine condition; notably the portrait of the emperor has begun to take on the real and characteristic physiognomy of Galba. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 282 Price realized: 150 CHF (Approx. 173 USD / 160 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Galba, 68-69. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25.25 mm, 12.68 g) Dated year 2 (= 68-69) ΣЄΡ OYI ΓΑΛΒΑ AYTO KAIΣ ΣЄΒΑ Laureate bust of Galba right, LB (date) below chin. Rev. [ΑΛΕΞΑΝ] ΔΡΕΑ Draped bust of personified Alexandria right, wearing elephant-skin headdress, star below chin to right. RPC I, 5336. BMC 2721. Dattari 300. Emmett 170. Geissen 225. Kampmann-Ganschow 17.9. Cfr. SAVIO, "Tetradrammi alessandrini", pp.57-59. Toned. Very Fine. Ex Agora Auctions, 74, 05.06.2018, lot 162. Galba's second Alexandrian year lasted little more than four months and produced tetradrachms in praise of peace (compare no. 23 in the collection) and freedom (idem no. 24) under the auspices of Alexandria and Rome. In short, a hope after the last and stormy Neronian period, a response in trust to the senatorial order from which Galba came. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 508 Price realized: 280 CHF (Approx. 323 USD / 298 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Tacitus, 275-276. Tetradrachm (Billon, 21.10 mm, 7.53 g) dated RY 1 (= 275-276) Α Κ ΚΛ ΤΑΚΙΤΟϹ ϹЄΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Tacitus right, wearing beard. Rev. Nike draped advancing right, the right leg forward, holding wreath in the right hand and palm branch tied with ribbons on the left shoulder with the left hand, ЄTOYC in semicircle to left, A (date) to right. Dattari-Savio 5518. BMC 2405. Milne 4497. Emmett 3976. Vogt II, 163. Cf. SAVIO A., tetradrammi alessandrini, pp. 180-181. Nice brown patina. Extremely Fine. Ex numismatica Arethusa SA, Lugano (Franco Chiesa), March 1976. The accession of the imperial throne of the old Marcus Claudius Tacitus follows a momentary transition from soldier-emperors to a designation by the Roman Senate, to which the new ruler belonged, who disappeared, however, as early as June 276 A.D. The reverse of the tetradrachm praises the victorious Nike, which did not bring Tacitus luck. Starting price: 60 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 510 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Carus, 282-283. Tetradrachm (Billon, 19.70 mm, 7.74 g) dated RY 1 (= 282-283) Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΟϹ ϹЄΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Carus right. Rev. Eagle standing right with closed wings, the left leg forward, holding wreath in beak and palm branch behind, L A (date) across fields. Dattari-Savio pl. 280, 5569. Geissen 3159. BMC 2442. Milne 4672. Emmerett 3999. Vogt II, 166. Cf. SAVIO A., Tetradrammi alessandrini, pp. 185-189. Nice dark-brown patina. Extremely Fine. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. 46, 27.01.2019, lot 321. The general, also Illyrian, Marcus Aurelius Caro arrives at the empire in September 282 A.D. and fights against the Franks, the Sarmatians and the Persians. He dies between July and August in 283 A.D. probably of disease near Ctesifonte. This tetradrachm refers to his first and sole year of reign (282-283 A.D.) and shows on the reverse the imperial eagle advancing right on the exergue holding a palm branch and a wreath in its beak. Starting price: 70 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 32 | Auction date: 7 December 2024 |
| Lot number: 1367 Price realized: 160 CHF (Approx. 182 USD / 173 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: EGYPT. Alexandria. Galba, 68-69. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25 mm, 12.72 g, 12 h), RY 1 = 68. ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ [ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΑΥ / L Α Laureate head of Galba to right. Rev. ΡΩΜΗ Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma to right, holding spear in her right hand and shield on her left arm. Dattari (Savio) 6678. Emmett 174/1. K&G 17.6. RPC I 5330. Porous and with a scratch on the obverse, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of a Cosmopolitan, acquired before 2005. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
