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LOT 2828
Hadrian AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ Α]ΔΡΙ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ in three lines within wreath. RPC III, 4103; Spijkerman 12; BMC 10. Very Fine.(3.23gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 4 (AD 249).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAΡX EΞOYCIAC YΠA TO Δ, eagle standing to left, head to left, tail to right, wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 444; McAlee 935. 12.57gr, 26mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 44/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L E (date) before / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing to left and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to left lituus. RPC I, 5163; Dattari 128. 10.74gr, 25mm, 1h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate (and cuirassed?) bust to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. Cf. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; cf. Dattari (Savio) 5641; cf. Emmett 4087.8. 7.43gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
