LOT 3031
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 244-249.
Dated RY 1 (AD 244). Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ЄΥϹЄB [ϹЄ?]Β, laureate and cuirassed bust tο right, seen from front, gorgoneion on breastplate / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head το left, holding scales and cornucopia; L A (date) to upper left. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 3066; Köln 2698; Dattari (Savio) 4869 & 12479; K&G 74.3; Emmett 3477.1. Near Very Fine. Corroded surfaces.(13.01gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AE Hemiassarion of Sepphoris (Diocaesaraea), Judaea. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ Α]ΥΤΟΚΡΑ-ΤΩΡ ΕΔΩΚΕΝ, laureate head to right / ΣΕΠΦΩ-ΡΗΝΩΝ, filleted caduceus. RPC III 3938; BMC 12-16; Rosenberger 5; Sofaer 3. 4.52gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Soaemias, Augusta AE 25mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IVLIA S[...]; draped bust to right / COL AVR PIA [METRO] SID, carriage of Astarte on two wheels with four columns supporting roof; above, two palms to left and right; baetyl within. Cf. RPC VI, 8514-6 (temporary). 10.79gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Isis enthroned to right, crowned with horns and solar disc, suckling the infant Harpokrates, crowned with skhent, holding lotus flower; on back of throne, hawk at each corner; L Iϛ (date) across field. RPC III 5813; Köln 1046 var. (date placement); (Savio) 1749 var. (same); K&G 32.530; Emmett 1138.16. 7.31gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
