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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Faustina I AE Assarion of Pessinus, Galatia. AD 138-140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΦΑΥСΤЄΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ,draped bust to right / ΠЄССΙΝOΥΝΤΙΩΝ, draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos to left. RPC IV.3, 10686 (temporary); Devreker -. 4.85gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 1.54gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 269/70).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L B (date) across fields. Dattari (Savio) 5417; Emmett 3879. 10.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Light green patina.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
