LOT 3488
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑIC ΤΡΑΙAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; below, crocodile to right; L IZ (date) above. RPC III, 5822; Dattari (Savio) 1435; Emmett 876.17; K&G 35.534. Near Very Fine.(9.80gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, Herodians. Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm. Dated RY 16 of Herod IV (12/13 CE). Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ], laureate head of Augustus to right; c/m: Φ within incuse circle / [ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ] (retrograde), tetrastyle Augusteum of Panias; [L Iς(?) (date)] between columns. Cf. RPC I, 4942; cf. Meshorer 99; cf. Hendin 1223; cf. Sofaer 126. 8.75gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 19mm of Adraa, Arabia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV KЄCAP ANTWNINO, laureate head to right / ΤΥΧ • A-ΔΡΗΝW •, Tyche of the City(?) standing to right, holding cornucopia and long sceptre and placing foot on river god swimming to right. RPC VI Online 9236 corr.; Spijkerman 14 var. (legends). 5.62gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.48gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
