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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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT KAIC TΡAIAN ΑΔΡIANOC CЄΒ, laureate head to left, with slight drapery(?) on his right shoulder / L ЄΝΝЄΑ Κ Δ (date), draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos. RPC III 5943; Dattari (Savio) 1465; K&G 32.621; Emmett 889.19. 5.65gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Galba BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 68).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ] ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕB [ΑΥ], laureate head to right; L A (date) in lower right field / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕ[Α], draped bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant skin headdress. RPC I, 5326; Köln 217; Dattari (Savio) 298-9; K&G 17.1; Emmett 170.1. 8.72gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Volusian AE 19mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[...] ΤΡΙΒ [...], radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ]ΠΟΛЄധϹ, mount Gerizim topped by temple, steep stairway upward with colonnade below. RPC IX, 2166; Sofaer 242. 6.47gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
