| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 460 Price realized: 190 CHF (Approx. 219 USD / 203 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.02 mm, 13.13 g). Dated RY 14 (= 234/5). A KAI MAP AVP CEV AΛE[ΞANΔPOC] Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev. She-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; palm frond above, [L IΔ] (date) in exergue. Geissen –. Dattari-Savio 4418. RPC VI online, 10648. Emmett 3142. Minor roughness, otherwise, Good Very Fine. Rare Ex Agora Auctions 74, 05.06.2018, lot 192. Tetradrachm issued during the last period of the reign of Alexander Severus with on the reverse the mythical Capitoline she-wolf suckling twins, Romolo and Remo, the traditional founders of Rome, whose origins are in this coin enhanced. Starting price: 80 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 457 Price realized: 240 CHF (Approx. 277 USD / 256 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.3 mm, 12.45 g). Dated RY 8 (= 228/9). A KAI MAP AVP CEVHP AΛΕΞΑΔPOC EY[CEB] Laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Bust of Nilus right, crowned with lotus and wearing taenia, slight drapery; cornucopia behind his right shoulder; L H (date) to right. Geissen –. Dattari 4329 (this coin) & 9927. RPC VI online, 10392. Emmett 3122. Dark gray patina with silvered highlights. Good Very Fine. Very Rare. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection 4329. Ex Kunst u. Münzen, Lugano, price list VII/86, lot 243. Gorgeous tetradrachm of the eighth year of Alexander Severus from the Dattari Collection. Great care was taken in the style and engraving on both sides of the coin, with a plastic effect regarding Severus and the majestic bust of the Nile on the reverse. Dazzling original grey 'London smoke' patina. Starting price: 80 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 455 Price realized: 140 CHF (Approx. 162 USD / 149 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25.1 mm, 12.35 g). Dated RY 6 (= 226/7). A KAI MA AYΡ CЄΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC ЄΥ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev. Eagle standing left, head turned right, holding wreath in beak; L-S (date) across field. Geissen 2438. Dattari-Savio 4410. RPC VI online, 10336 (temporary). Milne 3000. Emmett 3099. Attractive brown dark patina. Nearly Extremely Fine. Ex Spink & Son, London, VII/73. Third and notable Roman-Alexandrian tetradrachm of Alexander Severus in his sixth year of reign (226-227 AD), penultimate in which these extraordinary and unrepeatable issues appeared. The eagle is the primary symbol of imperial authority on reverse. Starting price: 80 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 459 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 254 USD / 234 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.6 mm, 13.48 g). Dated RY 10 (= 230/1). Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ CЄΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC ЄΥ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right, seen from behind. Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing right, head to left and holding wreath in beak; to left, palm frond; L I (date) in right field. Dattari-Savio 4411. RPC VI online, 10412. Geissen 2449. Emmett 3100. Attractive portrait of excellent style. Dark grey patina, minor flan faults, otherwise, nearly Extremely fine. Extremely rare and very likely the finest known example. Ex Spink & Son, London, IX/72. Coin in superb condition, practically uncirculated. It was issued on the tenth anniversary of the principality of Alexander Severus (230-231 AD) and shows on obverse features of a remarkably realistic image, while the usual grim imperial eagle dominates the reverse. Tetradrachm of extreme rarity and among the best known specimens of this type. Shining original black patina that greatly emphasises the images on the coins. Starting price: 80 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 456 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 254 USD / 234 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.0 mm, 11.71 g). Dated RY 7 (= 227/8). [A] KAI M AYP [CEY] AΛEΞANΔPOC [EY] Laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right, short bearded, wearing paludamentum with fibula on left shoulder. Rev. Conjoined busts of Nilus, wearing grain ear wreath and with cornucopia, and Euthenia, draped and wearing grain ear wreath; L Z (date) to right. Dattari-Savio 9937. RPC VI, online 10369 (temporary). Emmett 3128. Geissen 2445. Attratcive dark patina with minor porosity. Good Very Fine. Ex CNG 79, September 2008, lot 736 and CNG Auction 477, 23 September 2020, lot 360. Not common tetradrachm of the year 7 of Alexander Severus (227-228 AD) with the combination of the bust of Nilus with that of his wife Euthenia, the divine protector and promoter of Egypt's agricultural fertility, on the reverse. Starting price: 80 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Auction 23 | Auction date: 28 October 2024 |
| Lot number: 461 Price realized: 85 CHF (Approx. 98 USD / 91 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Egypt. Alexandria. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Drachm (Bronze, 33.5 mm, 22.62 g). Dated RY 10 (= 230/1). Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑVΡ СEΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ[...] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, behind palm branch; L I (date) in upper left field. Dattari-Savio 4441. Milne 3042. RPC VI online, 10467. Geissen 2463, Emmett 3178. Attractive green-brown patina. Minor roughness. Very Fine. Ex Hanscotte Collection. Ex C. Seaby 1960. Ex Savoca 32, 14.04.2019. Bronze drachm belonging to the sole issue of Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea in this metal on occasion of "decennalia" of the empero's reign (230-231 AD). It is the last important issuing of Alexandrian bronze coins, which however went on occasionally till the reign of Aurelianus with Vaballatus (271-272 AD), Cf. N. 249 of this collection. They are all coins of notable artistic quality: ours has on the reverse the Tyche of Alexandria, patroness of the city. Well-centred coin and very rare in any case, with dazzling original dark patina with emerald glints. Starting price: 80 CHF |  |
