LOT 3331
Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Ancyra, Phrygia. AD 138-161. ΛΙΚΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΡΧΩΝ (Likinios, archon).
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛOϹ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝOϹ, bare head to right / Є-ΠΙ ΛΙΚΙΝΙOΥ ΑΡ-Χ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ, Zeus, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding anchor in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RPC IV.2 Online 1722; BMC 26-27. Near Very Fine.(8.20gr, 26mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.18gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 24mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 270 of Septimius Severus (AD 207/8).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤΑϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΔЄΙΗ-ΝധΝ Ο[Ϲ] (date), War-god Hadad standing facing, wearing kalathos with bull horns, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and Nike; recumbent bulls flanking. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68424; Spijkerman 7; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 6-7. 11.03gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Countermarked Roman Provincial AE 28mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Countermark: male imperial head to right within incuse circle / Blank. 6.35gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
