LOT 3449
Lydia, Silandus AE 18mm. Time of Septimius Severus to Caracalla, AD 193-217. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
CIΛANΔЄΩN, helmetted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right, wearing aegis / CIΛANΔЄΩN, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 76882; GRPC Lydia 18. Near Very Fine.(3.90gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated Year of the Aradian Era 352 (AD 93/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae, tied with taenia; to right, BNT (date); to left 'b' in Phoenician. RPC III 3825.4 (this coin); Rouvier 862; ANS 1948.19.2211. 6.42gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only five examples on RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, [L I]-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.03gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Lydia, Silandus AE 18mm. Time of Septimius Severus to Caracalla, AD 193-217. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CIΛANΔЄΩN, helmetted and cuirassed bust of Athena to right, wearing aegis / CIΛANΔЄΩN, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 76882; GRPC Lydia 18. 3.90gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
