LOT 3177
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 5(?) (AD 120/1).
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT [Є?] (date) in right field. Cf. RPC II 3076; cf. Sydenham, Caesarea 260. Near Very Fine.(1.31gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/112).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, with drapery on far shoulder / Trajan, holding sceptre and branch, driving quadriga of elephants to right; L IE (date) above. RPC III, 4605.2; Dattari (Savio) 6936. 26.15gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 31mm of Trajanopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head to right / TPAIANOΠΟΛEITΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2777. 15.55gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head to right / [ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ], temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 92. 15.59gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
