LOT 3461
Hadrian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding patera over altar and sceptre; L I-E (date) across fields. RPC III 5784; Dattari (Savio) 7523; Emmett 1082. Near Very Fine.(11.29gr, 29mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman;
From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
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Trajan Decius AE 32mm of Tarsus, Cilicia. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AY • KAI Γ MЄC • KYIN • ΔЄKI[OC TPAIA]NOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear; Π Π (ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ) across fields / TAPCOV MHTPO[ΠOΛЄΩC], Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club in right hand and lion's skin in his left; Α Μ [Κ] Γ Β (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙ or ΓΝΩΜΗ ΒΟΥΛΗΣ) in fields. RPC IX 1356; SNG BnF 1756; SNG Levante 1157; SNG Copenhagen 399. 20.26gr, 32mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Die break on reverse.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Titus AE 8 Units. Circa 50-100 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Caesarea Panias mint. Dated RY 26 of the first era of Agrippa II (74/5 CE). [AYTOKP TITOC KAI]CAP CEBAC, laureate head to right / ETO Kς (date) BA AΓPΙ-ΠΠA, Nike advancing to right, holding palm frond and wreath. RPC II, 2277. 11.89gr, 24mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 24mm of Orthosia, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated CY 531(?) (AD 219/220). ΑΥ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ, radiate and cuirassed bust to right; cuirass decorated with Gorgoneion / ΟΡΘധϹΙЄധΝ ΑΛΦ(?) (date), Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lions(?) with horns. RPC VI, 8243 (temporary). 10.40gr, 24mm, 1h
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only two other examples cited by RPC Online.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
