LOT 3178
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.(1.28gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025.
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Lydia, Tabala AE 20mm. Circa AD 190-220. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £22
ΔΗΜΟϹ, head of Demos to right, wearing taenia / ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing, with supports. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 77023; GRPC Lydia 11; Hochard 2351f-k;; Martin Demos Kame xxx. 4.77gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, to right, and Sarapis, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ-ΛΙΤΩΝ (MH and ΩN ligate), Nemesis standing to left, holding scales and cubit rule; at feet, wheel; E (mark of value) in right field. RPC VII.2, 1393; AMNG -. 10.76gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Augustus AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[AVG], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. RPC I 1656; SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); Varbanov 3770. 4.95gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
