LOT 2820
Hadrian AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Euthenia reclining to left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on sphinx; L TPICKA[I] (date) in exergue. RPC III, 5731; Köln 999; Dattari (Savio) 1710; K&G 32.473. Good Very Fine.(16.02gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 90, 23 June 2024, lot 345 (dealer's ticket included).
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Commodus AE 21mm of Anemurium, Cilicia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 13 (AD 190/1). ΑVΤΟ Κ Μ • ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΑΝЄΜOVΡΙЄ-ധΝ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right; ЄT • ΓI (date) to left. RPC IV.3, 9559 (temporary); SNG Levante Supp. 112; SNG BnF 703. 5.45gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II, as Caesar AE Pentassarion of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
M • IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, busts of Philip II to right, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed, and Serapis to left, draped and wearing modius / MAP-KIAN-OΠOΛΕΙΤΩN, Nemesis standing facing, head to left, holding rod and ribbon, wheel to left; E (mark of value) in left field. AMNG I 1211; Varbanov 2099. 14.00gr, 27mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Antinous AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Died AD 130.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Struck RY 19 of Hadrian (AD 134/5). ANTINOOV HPധOC, draped bust right, wearing hem–hem crown / Antinous, cloaked and holding caduceus, on horseback right; L I Θ (date) in field. RPC III 6062; Geissen 1275; Dattari 2080. 20.68gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Tooled.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 91, 11 August 2024, lot 430. From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
