LOT 3490
Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2).
ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ [C]ЄB ЄYCB(sic), laureate head to right / Poseidon standing to right, foot on prow, holding trident and dolphin; L Є (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 364; Dattari 2321; Geissen 1378. Very Fine.(11.97gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑΙΑΝ C-ЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑ[ΚΙΚ], laureate bust to right, with aegis on far shoulder / Nilus reclining to left on crocodile, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left; L IϚ (date) in upper left field. RPC III, 4686.1. 26.77gr, 35mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Sandy patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm. Dated RY 16 of Herod IV (12/13 CE). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ, laureate head of Augustus to right; c/m: Φ within incuse circle / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΟΥ [ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ] (retrograde), tetrastyle Augusteum of Panias; L Iς (date) between columns. RPC I, 4942; Meshorer 99; Hendin 1223; Sofaer 126. 7.39gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Assarion of Poemanenum, Mysia. AD 98-117. ΕΓΔΙΚΟΣ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟΣ (Egdikos, son of Fronton), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £107
[ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡΙ CΕΒΑΣΤΟ [...], laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ ΕΓΔΙΚΟΥ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝ[...] ΠΟΙΜΑ, Dionysos standing to left, holding kantharos in right hand, left resting on long thyrsos; at his feet, panther to left. Unpublished in the major references; for a similar example cf. RPC III, 1657. 3.19gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and apparently unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
