LOT 3462
Hadrian AE 11mm of Beroea, Cyrrhestica. AD 117-138.
[ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΒΕΡΟI-ΑΙധΝ, laurel branch. RPC III 3436; BMC 11. Very Fine.(1.50gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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. 12.28gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
