LOT 3448
Lydia, Sardes AE 19mm. Time of Caracalla, AD 211-217. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ϹΑΡ-ΔΙϹ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / CΑΡΔIANΩN • Β • NЄΩKOΡΩΝ, facing statue of Kore of Sardes; grain ear to left, poppy to right. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 74062; GRPC Lydia 330. Near Very Fine.(3.55gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Nilus seated to left on rock, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; below, crocodile to right; L Iς (date) in two lines to left. RPC III 5791; Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. 26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Headdress of Isis; L Ι-Z (date) across fields. RPC III 4819; Emmett 710. 1.43gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
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.
