LOT 3493
Mesopotamia, Carrhae AE 10mm. Time of the Antonines, circa AD 138-192. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Crab; [ΚΑΡΡΗΝѠΝ] below / Crescent on filleted globe surmounted by star; ΚΑΡΡ[ΗΝѠΝ] below. RPC IV.3 Online 3984 (temporary). Very Fine.(1.00gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16(?) (AD 131/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos and holding rudder and cornucopia; [L I?]-ϛ (date) across field. Cf. RPC III 5816; cf. Dattari (Savio) 1852. 6.35gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark green patina with earthen highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗ-ΝWΝ Κ Ϲ ΙЄ Α[ϹΥ], lighted altar within hexastyle temple with arched central bay set on steps; pediment surmounted by Nike; on either side, crenellated multistory towers, each with arched entryway; BΠ-C (date) above. RPC VI 9242 (temporary); Spijkerman 25; Rosenberger 21; Sofaer -. 16.59gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light green and brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A K M A OYA ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae in left; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76002; Dattari (Savio) -; Emmett 4141.3; K&G 120.27. 6.48gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
