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LOT 3023
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). 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. Good Very Fine.(26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3023
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 22mm. Circa 85-40 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Ptolemaios, tetrarch. Dated SE 240 (73/2 BC). Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing, heads turned inward, each holding spear; LMΣ (date) to right. Herman 1; HGC 9, 1439; DCA2 746. 6,72gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Menophilus), legatus consularis. Struck AD 238-241. AYT • K • Μ • ΑΝΤ • ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left / VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV (MH ligate) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-staff, E (mark of value) to right. Varbanov 1955. 14.16gr, 28mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
