LOT 3501
Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9).
Bare head to right / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ, hippopotamus standing to right; L E (date) in exergue. RPC I 5082; Dattari (Savio) 101; Köln 47; K&G 5.5; Emmett 62.5 corr. (hippopotamus standing to left). Near Very Fine.(5.40gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hadrian, raising his right hand in salute and holding long sceptre, seated to left on galley sailing to left, steersman to right; mast with sail on front deck to left, L I-E (date) across upper field. RPC III 5785; Köln 1032; Dattari (Savio) 1582-3; K&G 32.513; Emmett 1127.15. 8.52gr, 25mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. Struck AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Menophilus), legatus consularis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AYT • K • Μ • ΑΝΤ • ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left / VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV (MH ligate) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-staff, E (mark of value) to right. Varbanov 1955. 14.16gr, 28mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Anonymous PB Tessera of Alexandreia, Egypt. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bust of Nilus reclining to left, holding cornucopia and bust of Sarapis(?) / Serpent Agathodaemon coiled erect to right, wearing pschent, grain ear, poppies(?) and caduceus in its coils; L Є (date) in upper fields. 3.09gr, 16mm, 10h.
Condition as seen. Extremely rare and apparently the only known.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
