LOT 3257
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138. Uncertain date.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears(?) in her right hand, left hand on grounded shield, date in field. Cf. RPC III 5825 (dated RY 17). Good Fine.(24.86gr, 35mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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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. -
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, drapery(?) on far shoulder / Isis or Euthenia standing to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; in field, L I-Γ. Cf. RPC III, 4463; cf. Dattari (Savio) Suppl. Pl. 5, 81. 22.95gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen on RPC.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. AD 194. 1st emission.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP L SEPT SE-V PERT AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche turreted and radiate standing facing on base, holding crown in right hand and cornucopia in left, between two small figures holding clubs (or torchs?); all below arched canopy held in place by two female figures standing on columns; COL HEL in exergue. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84881. 12.89gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
