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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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 1.41gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 26mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / СE ΑΒΙΛΗΝΩΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ СΥ, nude Heracles seated to left on rock, resting right arm on club, and left arm on rock; ЄΚC (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 8369 (temporary); Spijkerman -. 13.41gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 8 and year 110 of the Caesarean Era (AD 61/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
NEPΩNOΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡOΣ [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY], laureate bust to right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to left, H over IP (date) to right. RPC I 4182; McAlee 258; Prieur 82. 11.43gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
