LOT 3259
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7).
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hexastyle monumental altar (of Caesareum); within, veiled female figure (Eusebia?); above, pyre of burning pinecones; L KA (date) below. RPC III, 6145; Dattari (Savio) 1893; Emmett 910.21; K&G 32.727. Near Very Fine.(25.06gr, 34mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Nero, with Agrippa II AE 24mm of Caesarea Paneas (as Neronias), Judaea. Struck under Agrippa II, AD 61-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ], laureate head to right; lituus before / ΕΠI BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. Hendin 6303; RPC I 4988. 12.67gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severis Alexander, as Caesar, AE 24mm of Raphanea, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΡЄΦΑΝЄΩΤΩΝ, Genius, wearing kalathos, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; eagles flanking, bull at feet. Cf. RPC VI, 8196 (temporary); cf. Nurpetlian, Orontes Valley 24. 7.87gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AE 28mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 218-222. ΝΟΒΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ (Titus Flavius Novius Rufus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / ΥΠ NOBIOΥ POΥΦOΥ NI-KOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICT-PO-N, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. RPC VI, 1290 (temporary); Moushmov 1451; H&J Nicopolis, 8.26.38.14-18. 15.05gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
