LOT 3035
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Dated RY 6 (AD 274/5). [Α] Κ Λ ΔΟΜ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings closed, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm frond; ЄTOVC ς (date) around. RPC X Unassigned ID 75743; Köln 3095; Dattari (Savio) 5488; K&G 106.55; Emmett 3927.6. Very Fine.(6.85gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nerva AE 23mm of Synnada, Phrygia. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΔΙΑ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΝ ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΙϹ ('for Zeus Pandemos, the Synnadeans') , Zeus Pandemos seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, Nike holding wreath. RPC III 2619; SNG von Aulock 3984. 7.76gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Zeus Pandemos was the chief god of Synnada, and his epithet ΠΑΝΔΗΜΟΣ means "of all the people'' (see the word 'pandemic'), an indication of a form of Zeus associated with the community and popular support. -
Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head to right / [...]ΑΝΗϹ ΒΟϹΤPAC, turreted and veiled Tyche standing, facing, holding spear surmounted by trophy and object (cornucopia or three ears of barley) and resting foot on swimming river-god. Cf. RPC IV.3 6692 (temporary); cf. Spijkerman 5; cf. BMC 3-4. 15.30gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 5 (AD 120/1). [ΑV]Τ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right, drapery over far shoulder; crescent to right / Agathodaemon, wearing sekhemti (pschent) crown, erect to right on ground line, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn in its coils; L Є (date) in exergue. RPC III 5270; Dattari (Savio) 1546 & 1548; Emmett 803.5. 11.17gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
