LOT 3093
Augustus AE 21mm of Damascus, Seleucis and Pieria. 27 BC-AD 14.
Dated CY 283 (30/29 BC). Bare head to right / ΔAMAΣKHNΩN, Tyche seated to left on rock, extending right arm and holding cornucopia; river-god Chrysoroas at feet; L ΓΠ Σ (date, retrograde) to left; all within wreath. RPC I 4786; Rosenberger 8; DCA 500. Near Very Fine.(7.65gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 14 (AD 129/30). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; L IΔ (date) to left. RPC III 5756; Dattari (Savio) 1851; Emmett 1144. 9.28gr, 26mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left, head to right and holding wreath in beak; L H (date) across field. Dattari (Savio) 6009; Emmett 4108.8; K&G 120.68. 7.50gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Phrygia, Hierapolis AE 23mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Homonoia issue with Ephesus. Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right, ΛAIP-BHNOΣ around / IЄPAΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ЄΦЄCIΩΝ ΝΕΩ-ΚΟΡΩΝ OMONOIA, clasped hands. RPC VIII Online, Unassigned ID 20751; Franke & Nollé 709; SNG BnF 1263. 6.78gr, 23mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
