LOT 2903
Gordian III AE 25mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 238-244.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΔPIANOΠ-OΛЄITΩN, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and branch. Youroukova 515; Varbanov 3709 corr. (obv. legend). Near Very Fine.(9.91gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4). Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 1.05gr, 12mm, 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. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 11 of Tiberius (24/5 CE). TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and L IA (date) across field. RPC I 4966; Meshorer 329; Hendin 6369. 1.81gr, 16mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 18mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Dated RY 26 (74/5 CE). ΔOMITIANOC [KAICAP], laureate head to right / ETO KS BA [AΓPIΠΠA], Nike standing to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing shield set on knee; to upper right, [star]. RPC II 2279; Hendin 6315a; TJC 165. 7.31gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
