LOT 3256
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
AYT KAIC TPAIAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / L ЄNNЄAK Δ (date), eagle on thunderbolt standing facing with outstretched wings, head and tail to left. RPC III 5985; Geissen 1154; Dattari 2019; Emmett 953. Good Fine.(24.02gr, 35mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Titus as Caesar, with Agrippa II AE 23mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa II's second era (AD 73/4).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑΥΤΟ TI[TOC] KAICAP CЄΒ, laureate head to right / L IΔ (date) BA[...] AΓΡI-ΠΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Cf. RPC II 2248; cf. Hendin 1303; cf. Meshorer 138. 14.36gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Volusian AE 25mm of Damascus, Coele-Syria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP GALLO VOLOSSIANO AVG, laureate bust to right, with slight drapery / COL ΔAMAS METR, Doe standing to right, suckling infant Telephos; [in exergue, head of ram to right]. RPC IX online 1968 var. (ΔAMA). 8.88gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. After AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΘЄΑ ΦΑVϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Three grain ears tied together, NT-BO across fields; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 Online 6365 (temporary); Sofaer 15; Kindler 11; Spijkerman 15. 2.16gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
