LOT 2613
Attica, Athens AE 10mm. Circa AD 120-175.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Agora Periods VB and C. Bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis(?); all within dotted border / Owl standing to left, head facing, A-ΘΗ in fields. RPC IV.1 Online 8273.25 (temporary); Kroll 229; Svoronos pl. 88, 49. Very Fine.(1.74gr, 10mm, 2h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 12 (AD 92/3). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΘЄΟ ΥΙΟϹ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia, on back of crocodile to right, below lotus flowers and water; L IB (date) above. RPC II 2673; Dattari (Savio) 522. 10.65gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Hadrian AE 32mm of the Koinon of Bithynia. Circa AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Uncertain Koinon mint, possibly Nicomedia. AVT KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / KOI-NON BEIΘH(?)NIAC, octastyle temple on podium of two steps, pellet between middle columns, figure in the pediment; below, prow. Cf. RPC III, 1017; cf. RG 38. 20.93gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Thrace. Rhoemetalkes I, with Augustus AE 20mm. Circa 11 BC-AD 12.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ, diademed bust of Rhoemetalkes to right / KAIΣAΡO-Σ ΣEBA[ΣTOΥ], bare head of Augustus to right. RPC I, 1718; Youroukova 194-200. 4.75gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
