LOT 3457
Titus AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right / Laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse. Cf. RPC II, 2106; for c/m: Howgego 17. Good Fine.(11.46gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Septimius Severus AE 29mm of Medaba, Arabia. Dated CY 105 (AD 210/11).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVT KAI CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Helios, raising hand and holding torch, driving facing quadriga; P-Є (date) in lower field. Cf. Sofaer 2. 11.77gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Germe AE 16mm. Circa AD 100-150. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝ-ΚΛΗΤΟ, draped male bust of the Senate to right / ΓЄΡΜΗ-[ΝΩΝ], laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right; in front, laurel-branch. RPC III, 1771; BMC 1, pl. XVI, 1. 2.59gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
