LOT 3352
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 5 (AD 120/1).
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT Є (date) in right field. RPC II, 3076; Sydenham, Caesarea 260. Very Fine.(1.83gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.18gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Nero, with Agrippa II AE 17mm of Caesarea Paneas (as Neronias), Judaea. Struck under Agrippa II, AD 61-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ], laureate head to right; [lituus before] / ΕΠI BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. RPC I, 4988; Hendin 6303. 6.04gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Cotiaeum AE 25mm. Time of Valerian and Gallienus, AD 253-268. ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ, ΑΡΧΩΝ (Diogenes, son of Dionysios), archon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔΗΜΟϹ ΚΟΤΙΑ[ΕΩΝ], diademed head of Demos to right / ЄΠΙ ΔΙΟΓЄΝΟ-ΥϹ ΔΙΟΝΥ-ϹI around and in exergue, Α Ρ Χ in right field, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left. RPC X Unassigned ID 97769 corr. 8.01gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
