LOT 3138
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 14 (AD 129/30). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; L IΔ (date) to left. RPC III 5756; Dattari (Savio) 1851; Emmett 1144. Near Very Fine.(9.28gr, 26mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Dated RY 13 (AD 149/150). ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤധ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Dikaiosyne seated to left, holding scales and cornucopia; [L] TPICKAIΔ (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 1190 (temporary); Köln 1634; Dattari (Savio) 8388-9; K&G 35.471; Emmett 1489.13. 27.56gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Beautiful reddish-brown patina with touches of green.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Uncertain Emperor AE 26mm of Minor Asia. Circa 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain Roman Provincial issue countermarked twice: male bust to right and large B in incuse circle. 9.23gr, 26mm.
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): £39
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. 1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
