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LOT 2811
Hadrian AE 23mm of Tiberias Claudiopolis, Judaea. Dated CY 101 (AD 118/9).
[ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑ] ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[Ѡ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis on shoulder / ΤΙΒЄΡ [ΚΛΑΥΔ], Zeus seated to left within tetrastyle temple, holding patera and sceptre; [ЄT AP] (date) in exergue. RPC III, 3932; Sofaer 10; De Saulcy 5; Kindler 7. Fine.(11.65gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 of Antoninus Pius (AD 153/4)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
[Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / Hawk standing to right, crowned with skhent; L I-Z (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 1630; Dattari (Savio) 9074. 3.53gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four examples cited on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus, as Caesar AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
TITOΣ KA-IΣAP, laureate head right / ΓAΔA-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, L ZΛP (date) above. RPC II, 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 3.66gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Time of Nero. Dated CY 169 (AD 58/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath to left / Cista; ΘΞΡ above, ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ below; all within ivy wreath. RPC I, 4587; SNG Copenhagen 238; BMC 155. 5.53gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
