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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Trajan AE 22mm of Aradus, Phoenicia. Dated CY 365 (AD 106/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head to right / Goddess seated on rudder to left, wearing kalathos, holding end of rudder and cornucopia; to right, Phoenician letter; ΕΞΤ (date) in upper left field, ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ below. Cf. RPC III 3814. 7.61gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. 17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Titus AE 25mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse / Laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right. Cf. RPC II, 2106; for c/m: Howgego 17. 10.99gr, 25mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
