LOT 3118
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Trichalkon. Dated year 104 of the Caesarean Era (AD 55/6). G. Ummidius Durmius Quadratus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ANTIOXEΩN, turreted and veiled bust of the Tyche of Antioch to right / ΕΠΙ ΚΟΥΑΔΡΑΤΟΥ, ram leaping to right, head turned to look back; above, star; below, ΔP (date). RPC I, 4286; BMC -; McAlee 100; SNG Copenhagen 99. Very Fine.(7.52gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Valerian I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 256/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A K Π ΛI OVAΛЄPIANOC ЄV ЄVC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L Δ (date) across field. Köln 2862; Dattari (Savio) 5184; K&G 88.23; Emmett 3705.4. 11.99gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius AR Drachm of Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia. Circa AD 17-32.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
ΤIΒΕΡΙΟΣ [ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head to to right / ΘΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, Mount Argaeus surmounted by nude male statue, holding globe and sceptre. RPC I 3620; Sydenham, Caesarea 42. 3.82gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Excellent toning with hints of blue and golden iridescence around the devices.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Cos III (AD 100).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑNΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head of Trajan to right, above eagle standing to right, with wings folded; in left field, palm branch projecting from Trajan’s head; in right field, club / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. RPC III, 3526; Prieur 1482; McAlee 452. 14.58gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful toning.
Private collection, France. Private European collection.
