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LOT 2831
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Time of Nero. Dated CY 169 (AD 58/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Head of Dionysus wearing ivy wreath to left / Cista; ΘΞΡ above, ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ below; all within ivy wreath. RPC I, 4587; SNG Copenhagen 238; BMC 155. Near Very Fine.(5.53gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Tiberius AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 92 (AD 28/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[TIBЄPIധ] KAICAP[I], bare head to right / ΓAΔAPEIC, veiled head of Tyche to right; L ЧB (date) behind. RPC I 4812; Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 15; SNG ANS 1291. 5.18gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Illegible inscription, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Illegible inscription, eagle displayed, with head to right, supporting plain circle enclosing the Caesarean triad: Ceres and Fortuna standing to right and Bacchus standing to left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 2157; cf. Kadman II 112. 18.68gr, 26mm, 1h.
Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate head to right / Canopus to right; L I-E (date) across fields. RPC III, 4576; Dattari (Savio) 648; Emmett 371. 12.10gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
