LOT 3338
Caracalla AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 198-217.
AV K M ANTΩΝЄI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΛΑΟΔ-Ι-ΚЄΩΝ, Tyche, wearing polos on head, standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. SGI -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 587 var. (obverse legend). Very Fine. Very rare.(2.94gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 279/80).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A K M AYP ΠΡOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wings gathered, holding wreath in beak; L Є (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75796; Köln 3145; Dattari (Savio) 5553; K&G 112.22; Emmett 3984.5. 8.33gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 (AD 65/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΝΕ]ΡΩ ΚΛ[ΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ Σ]ΕΒ ΓΕΡ AΛ(?), radiate and cuirassed bust of Nero to right / ΑΥΤΟ-ΚΡΑ, bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant headdress; L IB (date) before. Cf. RPC I, 5289. 11.60gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
