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LOT 3529
Anonymous PB Tessera of Alexandreia, Egypt. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
Bust of Nilus reclining to left, holding cornucopia and bust of Sarapis(?) / Serpent Agathodaemon coiled erect to right, wearing pschent, grain ear, poppies(?) and caduceus in its coils; L Є (date) in upper fields. Condition as seen. Extremely rare and apparently the only known.(3.09gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 11mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate and draped solar deity to left / Three grain ears; crescent below. De Saulcy 32-3; BM 1931,0603.111. 1.52gr, 11mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A K M A OYA ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae in left; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76002; Dattari (Savio) -; Emmett 4141.3; K&G 120.27. 6.48gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hadrian, raising his right hand in salute and holding long sceptre, seated to left on galley sailing to left, steersman to right; mast with sail on front deck to left, L I-E (date) across upper field. RPC III 5785; Köln 1032; Dattari (Savio) 1582-3; K&G 32.513; Emmett 1127.15. 8.52gr, 25mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
