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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Marcus Aurelius and Luvius Verus AE 29mm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP CAES ANToNINo [ET VERo AVG], confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / CoL AEL CAP, Tyche-Astarte standing to left, foot on uncertain object, holding bust and sceptre, within tetrastyle temple façade with central arch. RPC IV.3, 6413 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 52; Rosenberger -; Sofaer 51. 17.09gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AVTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head to right / Large S C, A below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III 3583; McAlee 487a; BMC 270. 14.55gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 28mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛEΙΝΑ, draped busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped, facing one another / OVΛΠIANWN AΓXIAΛEWN (second WN ligate), Sarapis standing facing, head to left, raising right arm and holding sceptre. RPC VII.2 1180; AMNG 651. 15.47gr, 28mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
