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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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 1.95gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Lydia, Mostene AE 25mm. Circa AD 169-180. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΘЄA PΩMH, helmetted and draped bust of Roma to right; spear to right; c/m: male head to left / MOCTHNΩN ΛVΔΩN, tripod; two palm fronds above. RPC IV.2 Online 17164 (temporary); Hochard 1364. 7.89gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE 10mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / S C; Γ below, all within laurel wreath. RPC III 3707; McAlee 543c. 1.01gr, 10mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
