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LOT 2842
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 20 (AD 135/6).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to left / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile below; L K (date) to left. RPC III, 6090; Dattari (Savio) 7453; Emmett 879.20. Very Fine.(11.91gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XV Cos V (AD 110/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ IЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. RPC III 3540; McAlee 470; Prieur 1498 (Tyre). 13.12gr, 25mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 240.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC VII.2, 3488; McAlee 860; Prieur 282. 11.44gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Numerian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A K M A NOYMЄPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena seated to left, holding Nike and long sceptre, shield below, [L] B (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75847; Dattari (Savio) 5607; Emmett 4013. 7.24gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
