LOT 3457
Nero AE 'Semis' of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 65-66.
IM NER CLAV [CAESAR], laureate head to right / Large S C within circle and laurel wreath. McAlee 289d; RPC I, 4297. Very Fine.(8.19gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Antoninus Pius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 147/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ANTധNINOC CЄB [...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L ЄΝΔ-Є-ΚΑΤΟΥ, Elpis standing to left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left. RPC IV.4, 1052 var. (Drachm); Dattari (Savio) 8417 var. (same). 11.92gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Olive green patina. Apparently unpublished as hemidrachm.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 25mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 248 (AD 184/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤധ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧ ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ΙЄΡ ΑϹΥΛ, Tyche standing to left, holding cornucopia and bridle of horse standing to left behind; ΗΜϹ (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 6583 (temporary); Sofaer 24; Spijkerman 25. 9.05gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 10mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / S C; Γ below, all within laurel wreath. RPC III 3707; McAlee 543c. 1.01gr, 10mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
