LOT 3520
Antoninus Pius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 147/8).
ANTധNINOC CЄB [...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L ЄΝΔ-Є-ΚΑΤΟΥ, Elpis standing to left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left. RPC IV.4, 1052 var. (Drachm); Dattari (Savio) 8417 var. (same). Near Very Fine. Olive green patina. Apparently unpublished as hemidrachm.(11.92gr, 31mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Cilicia, Mopsouestia-Mopsus AE 19mm. Dated CY 262 (AD 194/5). Time of Septimius Severus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΔΡΙΑΝധΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤധΝ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ЄTOVC B-Ξ-C (date), altar on stand. RPC IV.3 25422.1 (temporary) = SNG Levante 1342. 5.48gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare. Best known specimen with clear date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Oinochoe; L I-ϛ (date) across field. Köln -; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 27.525; RPC III 4774; Emmett 726 (R5). 1.29gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
