LOT 2778
Hadrian AE 32mm of the Koinon of Bithynia. Circa AD 117-138.
Uncertain Koinon mint, possibly Nicomedia. AVT KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / KOI-NON BEIΘH(?)NIAC, octastyle temple on podium of two steps, pellet between middle columns, figure in the pediment; below, prow. Cf. RPC III, 1017; cf. RG 38. Near Very Fine.(20.93gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Euthenia reclining to left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on sphinx; L TPICKA[I] (date) in exergue. RPC III, 5731; Köln 999; Dattari (Savio) 1710; K&G 32.473. 16.02gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 90, 23 June 2024, lot 345 (dealer's ticket included). -
Philip II AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 12.26gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Ancient Roman Provincial Coins - Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. [IOYΛIA KAICAPOC], three bound grain ears / [TIBЄP]IOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.87gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London gentleman.
