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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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Caracalla AE 17mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] M AV ANTΩNIN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟС ΙCT, six-rayed star within crescent. Cf. Hristova/Jekov 8.18.48.4-7. 2.30gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Trajan AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / Large S C, BI (date) below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3595; Wruck 192; CRS 209; McAlee 487(m). 14.43gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕധΝ ΚΟΙΛΗC CΥΡΙΑC, laureate head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin tied around his neck. RPC III, 4092; Sofaer 14-15; Spijkerman 12. 8.28gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
