LOT 3439
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; Sydenham, Caesarea 257. Near Very Fine.(1.48gr, 14mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Julia Domna, Augusta AE 25mm of Iotape, Cilicia Trachea. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ • C •, draped bust to right / ΙധΤΑΠЄΙΤ[ധ], Selene advancing to left, holding torch in each hand. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 69704; Levante, Iotape 14 = SNG Levante 450; SNG BnF -. 6.76gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Iotape was founded by the King Antiochos IV of Commagene, and he named the city in honor of his late sister-wife, Queen of Commagene Iotapa, who was queen from AD 38 until her death around AD 52. -
Antoninus Pius AE 21mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 22 (AD 158/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[...] ΑΝΤധ[...]. laureate head to righ / [...]ΡЄധΝ Τ Π [...] around, ЄΤ ΚΒ (date) across fields, Apollo standing facing, head to left, foot on omphalos, holding bow and arrow. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6709. 6.00gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE 33mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ϹЄΟ ΑΛЄΞ[...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛ, Tyche of the City seated on rock to left, holding corn ears; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming to left; above, ram leaping to left, looking back; to left, star; Δ Ε and S C across fields. Cf. RPC VI Oline 8068. 15.01gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
