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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Judaea. Procurators, Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Palm tree with dates; L ΛΘ (date) across fields / KAICA-POC, ear of grain curved to the right. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 2.16gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE 22mm of Zeugma, Commagene. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥC (retrograde), laureate head to left / ΖЄΥΓΜΑΤЄധΝ (Z retrograde), tetrastyle temple; before, colonnaded peribolos containing grove, below, ϶; all in laurel wreath. RPC IV.3 5755 (temporary). 9.84gr, 22mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Caracalla AE 30mm of Amaseia, Pontos. Dated CY 209 (AD 206/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥP ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡ ϹЄΥ ΑΝΤ ΑΜΑϹΙΑϹ ΜΗT NЄ ΠP (MH and ΠP ligate), high altar surmounted by eagle with spread wings standing to left; to left, tree; star in upper left field; ЄΤ ϹΘ (date) below. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 83890; Dalaison, Amaseia 522. 15.09gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Sharp details.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
