LOT 3176
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒΑСΤ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Club downward; ЄT [Δ] (date) across fields. RPC III 3072; Metcalf, Conspectus 85; Sydenham, Caesarea 257; SNG Copenhagen 223. Near Very Fine.(1.54gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Philip II AE 29mm of Zeugma, Commagene. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΖЄΥΓΜΑΤЄΩΝ, tetrastyle temple atop hill, with structures at base of hill and up either side; in exergue, capricorn to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 8196; Butcher 31c; SNG Copenhagen 35. 16.88gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 25mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CAB TPANKV[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust Gordian to right, facing draped and diademed bust of Tranquillina to left / OVΛΠIANΩ[...], Tyche-Fortuna standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1191. 11.76gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Augustus AE 25mm of Uncertain Mint, Asia Minor. Struck circa 25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare head right; c/m’s: TI CAE in incuse rectangle, AVG in incuse rectangle / AVGVSTVS in one line within laurel-wreath. RPC I 2235; RIC I 486 (Ephesus); Howgego 602, 577 (for countermarks). 8.55gr, 25mm, 1h.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
