LOT 3499
Augustus AE Obol-40 Drachmai of Alexandria, Egypt. Struck circa 3/2 BC.
Third(?) series. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, garlanded altar; laurel branches flanking / KAIΣAPOΣ in two lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 5013; Köln 9; Dattari (Savio) 16; K&G 2.9; Emmett 27. Very Fine.(5.24gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nero AE 'Semis' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 65-66.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IM NER CLAV [CAESAR], laureate head to right / Large S C within circle and laurel wreath. McAlee 289d; RPC I, 4297. 8.19gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Trajan Decius AE 27mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 249-251 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C MES [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [...] CAES METR, eagle standing to left, head turned to right, with open wings, supporting wreath with bust of Tyche to right. Cf. RPC IX 2068; cf. Kadman, Caesarea 129-130. 18.38gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Earthen brown patina, some roughness.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 11mm of Beroea, Cyrrhestica. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΒΕΡΟI-ΑΙധΝ, laurel branch. RPC III 3436; BMC 11. 1.50gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
