LOT 3137
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5). [AVT KAIC TPAIA]N AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / L ЄN-NE[A]KΔ (date), Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RPC III 5987; Dattari (Savio) 1689; Milne 1466; Köln 1173-1174. Very Fine.(24.30gr, 34mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPѠNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.44gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left, head to right and holding wreath in beak; L H (date) across field. Dattari (Savio) 6009; Emmett 4108.8; K&G 120.68. 7.50gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Tiberius (18/9 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia). [TIB KAICAP] in three lines within wreath / Palm; IOY-[ΛIA] L Є (date) in two lines across fields. RPC I 4965; Meshorer 328; Hendin 6368. 2.38gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
