LOT 2949
Hadrian AE 24mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. Near Very Fine.(12.61gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8). 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. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 5 (AD 120/1). [ΑV]Τ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right, drapery over far shoulder; crescent to right / Agathodaemon, wearing sekhemti (pschent) crown, erect to right on ground line, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn in its coils; L Є (date) in exergue. RPC III 5270; Dattari (Savio) 1546 & 1548; Emmett 803.5. 11.17gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). 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. 2.37gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
