LOT 3326
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 14mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomomous issue.
Draped male bust to left; ΠΑ before / Bull standing to right, head facing; above, sun and crescent. De Saulcy p. 61, 8 var. (confronted busts on obverse); Krzyzanowska -. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.(1.73gr, 12mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
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. -
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Bizya, Thrace. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BIZVHNΩN, athlete standing to left, dropping distance marker. Varbanov 1596; Jurukova 159-60. 3.42gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 62, 17 October 2019, lot 717. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Claudius AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 50/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΒΑϹ ΓЄΡΜΑ], laureate head to right; L IA (date) beneath chin / AVTO-KPA, bundle of four stalks of grain with winged caduceus. RPC I 5182; Köln 100; Dattari (Savio) 141; K&G 12.70; Emmett 78.11. 6.80gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Light brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
