LOT 3496
Hadrian AE 20mm of Samosata, Commagene. AD 117-138.
AΔPIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / ΦΛA CAMO MHTPO K(M erased)O, written in four lines within wreath. Cf. RPC III 3419. Very Fine.(6.93gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3). 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Elpis advancing to left, holding lotus flower and lifting hem of dress; L ЄNATOY (date) around, A (officina) in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76463; Dattari (Savio) 5674. 7.95gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark brown patina with green highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Doe standing to right, head to left, suckling a fawn / Bull standing to right, crescent above. Krzyzanowska, type X. 1.46gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
