LOT 3489
Lucius Verus AE 30mm of Gesasa, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛΟΥΚΙ ΟΥΗ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to left / ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΤΥΧΗ [...], Artemis-Tyche advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 6597 (temporary); cf. Sofaer 17; cf. Spijkerman 15. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(18.20gr, 30mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 41 of Augustus (AD 11/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Draped bust to right / L MA (date) within oak wreath. RPC I 5064; Köln 44; Dattari (Savio) 67; K&G 3.17; Emmett 57 (R3). 7.94gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hadrian, raising his right hand in salute and holding long sceptre, seated to left on galley sailing to left, steersman to right; mast with sail on front deck to left, L I-E (date) across upper field. RPC III 5785; Köln 1032; Dattari (Savio) 1582-3; K&G 32.513; Emmett 1127.15. 8.52gr, 25mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Smyrna, Ionia. After AD 128.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare head to right / COS III, the two Nemeses standing to right and left, facing one another, each holds out a fold of her dress, the one on the left holds a bridle, the other on the right holds cubit rule. RIC 507; RPC III 1361; Metcalf 32. 10.37gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 904. Property of a London antiquarian.
