LOT 2950
Hadrian AE 18mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. Very Fine.(3.45gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Dikaiosyne seated to left, holding scales and cornucopia; L A (date) in upper left field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75887; Köln 3201; Dattari (Savio) 5653; K&G 119.3; Emmett 4034.1. 7.23gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt. AD 14-37.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9). Bare head to right / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ, hippopotamus standing to right; L E (date) in exergue. RPC I 5082; Dattari (Savio) 101; Köln 47; K&G 5.5; Emmett 62.5 corr. (hippopotamus standing to left). 5.40gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Struck AD 247. AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCIAC YΠΑ ΤΟ Γ, eagle with spread wings standing to left, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII online ID 29006; McAlee 923; Prieur 373. 12.82gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
