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LOT 3516
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. 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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Trajan AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 107/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ [ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ], laureate head to right / Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club with right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm; L I-A (date) across upper fields. RPC III 4264; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 915; K&G 27.134; Emmett 679.11 (R5). 4.66gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE Obol-40 Drachmai of Alexandria, Egypt. Struck circa 3/2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Third(?) series. ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, garlanded altar; laurel branches flanking / KAIΣAPOΣ in two lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 5013; Köln 9; Dattari (Savio) 16; K&G 2.9; Emmett 27. 5.24gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Philip II AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 8.93gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
