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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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Elagabalus AE 18mm of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ANTധNI[...], laureate head to right / Sagittarius advancing to right, holding bow and rawing arrow from quiver on shoulder, Δ below. RPC VI Online 7906 (temporary); Lindgren 2614. 4.13gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. 15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Salonina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 265/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
KOPNHΛIA CAΛωNEINA CEB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / L ΙΓ (date) to right of eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak, upright palm branch in left field. Milne 4122; Emmett 3753. 9.43gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
