LOT 3517
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1).
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hadrian, raising his right hand in salute and holding long sceptre, seated to left on galley sailing to left, steersman to right; mast with sail on front deck to left, L I-E (date) across upper field. RPC III 5785; Köln 1032; Dattari (Savio) 1582-3; K&G 32.513; Emmett 1127.15. Very Fine. Dark brown patina.(8.52gr, 25mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 72/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L E (date) to right. RPC II 2438; Köln 296; Dattari (Savio) 384; K&G 20.39; Emmett 217.5. 9.85gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Light green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus and Agrippa AE Dupondius of Nemausus, Gaul. Circa 9/8-3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; IMP above, DIVI F below / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL NEM across fields; two palm fronds below. RIC I 158; RPC I 524. 12.30gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
