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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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Nilus seated to left on rock, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; below, crocodile to right; L Iς (date) in two lines to left. RPC III 5791; Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. 26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE Triassarion or 3 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Μ ΟΠΕΛΛΙΟΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟN Κ (NE ligate), bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis advancing to right, with right hand drawing arrow from quiver on shoulder and holding bow in left; at her feet, hound running to right; in left field, Γ (mark of value). H&J 6.25.13.1; Varbanov 1313. 8.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins, UK. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Doe standing to right, head to left, suckling a fawn / Bull standing to right, crescent above. Krzyzanowska, type X. 1.46gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
