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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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Nilus seated to left on rock, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; below, crocodile to right; L Iς (date) in two lines to left. RPC III 5791; Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. 26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / [L Є KAIC]-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.60gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucius Verus AE 30mm of Gesasa, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛΟΥΚΙ ΟΥΗ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to left / ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΤΥΧΗ [...], Artemis-Tyche advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 6597 (temporary); cf. Sofaer 17; cf. Spijkerman 15. 18.20gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
