LOT 3463
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. Struck AD 215-217.
ΑΥ[T] Κ M Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC ΤO Δ, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to right, holding wreath in beak; between legs, two pilei surmounted by stars. Prieur 1227. Good Very Fine. Toned.(12.28gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 107/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ [ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ], laureate head to right / Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club with right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm; L I-A (date) across upper fields. RPC III 4264; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 915; K&G 27.134; Emmett 679.11 (R5). 4.66gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 3 of Tiberius (16/7 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
In the name of Julia Augusta (Livia). IOVΛIA in two lines within wreath with large central jewel / Three lilies in bloom; [L] Γ (date) across field. RPC I 4961; Meshorer 321; Hendin 6364. 1.66gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, [L I]-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.03gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn.
