LOT 3255
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder; crescent to right / Agathodaemon serpent, crowned with pschent, erect to right, coiled around caduceus and ear of corn (or serpent's tail?); L Δ (date) in exergue. RPC III 5227.2; BMC 2867. Near Very Fine.(12.50gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 27mm of Anchialus, Thrace. AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AYΓ CAB TPANKYΛΛI-NA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina to left / OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛΕΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning to right on serpent-entwined staff. RPC VII.2 Online 1133; AMNG II 665. 14.23gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Volusian AE 25mm of Damascus, Coele-Syria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP GALLO VOLOSSIANO AVG, laureate bust to right, with slight drapery / COL ΔAMAS METR, Doe standing to right, suckling infant Telephos; [in exergue, head of ram to right]. RPC IX online 1968 var. (ΔAMA). 8.88gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar, AE 15mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
M OΠEΛΛIOC ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, crescent and three stars. Varbanov 1320. 2.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
