LOT 3518
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16(?) (AD 131/2).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos and holding rudder and cornucopia; [L I?]-ϛ (date) across field. Cf. RPC III 5816; cf. Dattari (Savio) 1852. Near Very Fine. Dark green patina with earthen highlights.(6.35gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / [ΔΗΜΑΡΧ] ЄΞ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, Arabia standing to left, holding branch in right hand and bundle of cinnamon sticks in left; behind, [camel standing to left]. Cf. RPC III 4073 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Caesarea 15; Sydenham, Caesarea 184. 3.66gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Silandus AE 18mm. Time of Septimius Severus to Caracalla, AD 193-217. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CIΛANΔЄΩN, helmetted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right, wearing aegis / CIΛANΔЄΩN, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 76882; GRPC Lydia 18. 3.90gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE 'Semis' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 65-66.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IM NER CLAV [CAESAR], laureate head to right / Large S C within circle and laurel wreath. McAlee 289d; RPC I, 4297. 8.19gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
