LOT 3506
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3(?) (AD 277/8).
A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle, with wings spread and wreath in beak, standing to left, head to right; L Γ(?) (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75781; Geissen 31313; Dattari (Savio) 5560. Near Very Fine.(7.38gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Domitian AE 26mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-83.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP DOMITIA[NVS CAES AVG?], laureate head to left / Large S C within laurel-wreath of eight leaves; Δ(?) below. Cf. RPC II, 2023. 10.43gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.18gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Claudius AE 12mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 108 (AD 44/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Claudius to right / [ΓΑΔΑΡΑ] ΗΡ (date), crossed cornucopiae. RPC I, 4817; Sofaer 15; Spijkerman 17. 2.60gr, 12mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
