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LOT 2830
Hadrian AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
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. Near Very Fine.(8.28gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gallienus AE 25mm of Hierapolis, Phrygia. AD 253-268. Homonoia issue with Smyrna.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥ • Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ-ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ΖΜΥΡΝЄΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΥΑ(sic) two prize urns inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚYΝΑ(sic) ΑϹΙΑϹ on base with palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63177; cf. Franke & Nollé 912-914 corr. (inscribed crowns). 6.42gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 16 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΑΥΤOΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞ Iς ΥΠΑΤ ς, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy head in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. RPC III, 3543; McAlee 471; Prieur 1499. 13.65gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
