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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LOT 3489
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 263/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
• AY • K Π ΛIK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; L IA (retrograde) to upper left. RPC X Online 75490; Köln 2919; Dattari (Savio) 5267; K&G 90.76; Emmett 3836.11. 13.26gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.
From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included). -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa II, with Claudius AE Unit. Dated RY 13 (53/4 CE). Tiberias mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ, palm branch; L IΓ (date) across field / [TIBEPIAC] in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4852; Meshorer 348; Hendin 6297; Sofaer 80 (Interim Period between Agrippa I and II). 12.56gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
