LOT 3381
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 18mm. Dated CY 227 (AD 117). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Wreathed head of young Dionysos to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΟ ΘΕΑΣ, cista mystica; ZKΣ (date) above; all within ivy wreath. RPC III, 3873; Rouvier 1437. Very Fine.(4.93gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT KAIC TΡAIAN ΑΔΡIANOC CЄΒ, laureate head to left, with slight drapery(?) on his right shoulder / L ЄΝΝЄΑ Κ Δ (date), draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos. RPC III 5943; Dattari (Savio) 1465; K&G 32.621; Emmett 889.19. 5.65gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 265/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AYT Κ Π ΛΙK ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle with closed wings standing to right, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm frond; L ΙΓ (date) across field. RPC X Online 75534; Köln 2928; Dattari (Savio) 5288; K&G 90.86; Emmett 3806.13. 10.35gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 116-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large S C above BΔ within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3642; McAlee 496(d). 15.27gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
