LOT 3445
Hadrian AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Smyrna, Ionia. After AD 128.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare head to right / COS III, the two Nemeses standing to right and left, facing one another, each holds out a fold of her dress, the one on the left holds a bridle, the other on the right holds cubit rule. RIC 507; RPC III 1361; Metcalf 32. Near Very Fine. Rare.(10.37gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 904.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, eagle standing to left, head to right; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5777; Emmett 4087.8. 6.63gr, 20mm,12h.
Very Fine. Olive green patina with brown highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Augustus AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Pergamum, Mysia. 27-26 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAESAR, bare head to right / Six stalks of grain tied in a bundle; [AVGV-STVS] across field. RPC I 2212; RIC 494; RSC 32a. 8.48gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Minor flan crack 12h; partially corroded.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 618. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Hadrian AE 20mm of Samosata, Commagene. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AΔPIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / ΦΛA CAMO MHTPO K(M erased)O, written in four lines within wreath. Cf. RPC III 3419. 6.93gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
