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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Titus, as Caesar AE 21mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Judaea Capta issue. AYTOKP TITOC KAIΣAP, laureate head to right / IOYΔAIAC ЄA-ΛധKYIAC, Victory standing to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing [AYT KAIΣ] on shield resting on knee; palm behind. RPC II, 2312; Hendin GBC 6, 6474; Hendin GBC 5, 1447; TJC 382. 7.57gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrianus, Usurper BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 260-261.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Dated RY 1 (AD 260/1). Α Κ Τ Φ ΙΟΥΝ ΜΑΚΡΙΑΝΟϹ Є ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; L A (date) in left field. Köln 3011; Dattari (Savio) 5380; K&G 94.1; Emmett 3785.1. 10.91gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £450
Struck circa AD 202-204. AVT•KAI CЄOYHPOC•CЄ•B•, laureate head to right / ΔHMAPX•ЄΞ•VΠA•TO•Γ•, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head and tail to right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 659b; Prieur 200. 13.28gr, 27mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l., Auction LVI, 23 October 2021, lot 389 (company ticket included).
