LOT 3459
Hadrian AE 10mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 117-138.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / S C; Γ below, all within laurel wreath. RPC III 3707; McAlee 543c. Very Fine.(1.01gr, 10mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Lucius Verus AE 30mm of Gesasa, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛΟΥΚΙ ΟΥΗ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to left / ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΤΥΧΗ [...], Artemis-Tyche advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 6597 (temporary); cf. Sofaer 17; cf. Spijkerman 15. 18.20gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 8 and year 110 of the Caesarean Era (AD 61/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
NEPΩNOΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡOΣ [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY], laureate bust to right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to left, H over IP (date) to right. RPC I 4182; McAlee 258; Prieur 82. 11.43gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 72/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L E (date) to right. RPC II 2438; Köln 296; Dattari (Savio) 384; K&G 20.39; Emmett 217.5. 9.85gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Light green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
