LOT 3329
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 11mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Radiate and draped solar deity to left / Three grain ears; crescent below. De Saulcy 32-3; BM 1931,0603.111. Near Very Fine.(1.52gr, 11mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian AE 20mm of Samosata, Commagene. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AΔPIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / ΦΛA CAMO MHTPO K(M erased)O, written in four lines within wreath. Cf. RPC III 3419. 6.93gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bare head to right / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ, hippopotamus standing to right; L E (date) in exergue. RPC I 5082; Dattari (Savio) 101; Köln 47; K&G 5.5; Emmett 62.5 corr. (hippopotamus standing to left). 5.40gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 281 (AD 218).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
[ΑΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ[ΟϹ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕWΝ A[Π]C (date), galley to left with rowers; at stern, navigator; at prow, figure standing and holding standard. RPC VI Online 9255; Spijkerman 85; Rosenberger 79; Sofaer 91. 16.87gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
