LOT 3351
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/120).
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ, laureate head to right with drapery on left shoulder / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT Δ (date) in right field. RPC III, 3074; Sydenham, Caesarea 255; Ganschow 194a. Near Very Fine.(1.60gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT KAIC TΡAIAN ΑΔΡIANOC CЄΒ, laureate head to left, with slight drapery(?) on his right shoulder / L ЄΝΝЄΑ Κ Δ (date), draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos. RPC III 5943; Dattari (Savio) 1465; K&G 32.621; Emmett 889.19. 5.65gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 11 of Tiberius (24/5 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Palm frond; [IO]Y-ΛIΛ and L IΛ (date) across field / TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4966; Meshorer 329; Hendin 6369. 2.12gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ ΚΑIC ΤΡΑΙAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; below, crocodile to right; L IZ (date) above. RPC III, 5822; Dattari (Savio) 1435; Emmett 876.17; K&G 35.534. 9.80gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
