LOT 3489
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
AYT KAIC TΡAIAN ΑΔΡIANOC CЄΒ, laureate head to left, with slight drapery(?) on his right shoulder / L ЄΝΝЄΑ Κ Δ (date), draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos. RPC III 5943; Dattari (Savio) 1465; K&G 32.621; Emmett 889.19. Near Very Fine.(5.65gr, 23mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (CE 54). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[NEPധ] KΛAY KA[ICAP], two crossed shields over two crossed spears / [BPIT above], K-AI and L [IΔ] (date) across field; palm tree. RPC I, 4971; Meshorer 340; Hendin 6377. 2.05gr, 117mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Tiberius (18/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath / Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and L Є (date) across field. RPC I, 4965; Meshorer 328; Hendin 6368. 1.66gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Parium, Mysia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANTONINVS PIVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / C G I H PA, Genius standing facing, head to left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with his right hand and holding cornucopia in his left. SNG Copenhagen 294; SNG BnF 1496; SNG von Aulock 1340. 8.52gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
