LOT 3492
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 25 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 184/5).
Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤƱ CЄΒ ЄΥCЄΒ, laureate head to right / Bust of Nilus to right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds and with slight drapery on his left and cornucopiae on his right shoulder; L K-Є across field. RPC IV.4, 3464; Köln 2222; Dattari (Savio) 9580-1; K&G 41.60; Emmett 2552.25. Near Very Fine.(10.35gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Claudius AE 18mm of Amorium, Phrygia. AD 41-54. ΚΑΤΩΝ and ΠΕΔΩΝ, (Lucius Iulius Cato and Pedo), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΤΙ [ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate head to right / [ΕΠΙ ΠΕΔΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ] ΚΑΤΩΝΟϹ [ΑΜΟΡΙ]ΑΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left. RPC I, 3239; Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 198, 9. . 3.93gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE 18mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 131 (AD 67/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head to right; c/m: male head(?) to right within incuse circle / Horse standing to left; [AΛP (date)] in exergue. Cf. RPC I, 4808; for c/m: Howgego 121. 6.78gr, 18mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 25mm of Dora, Phoenicia. Dated CY 180 (AD 117/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝധ [ΚΑΙС], laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΔധΡ ΙЄΡ ΑСΥΛ ΑΥ[Τ ΝΑΥΑΡ], laureate head of Doros to right; [aphlaston? befo], [date below]. Cf. RPC III, 3919; cf. Meshorer 37; cf. Sofaer 33. 13.29gr, 25mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
