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LOT 3235
Trajan AE 22mm of Sepphoris, Judaea. AD 98-117.
TPAIANOΣ AVTOKPATΩP EΔΩKEN, laureate head to right / Palm tree, ΣEΠΦΩ-PH-NΩN in two lines across. RPC III 3937; Sofaer 2; Rosenberger 4; SNG ANS 1088-91. Near Very Fine.(8.61gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 29mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: bust or Herakles-Melkarth to right / SEPTIM TVRO COLO, Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column to left, on her left; at her feet, to left, small Marsyas standing to right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; to right, murex shell. RPC VI, 8674 (temporary); BMC 390; for countermark: GIG 15. 12.96gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pisidia, Termessus Major AE 26mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, bareheaded and draped bust of Hermes to right, caduceus over shoulder / ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding eagle and long sceptre. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 73274.4 (this coin); SNG BnF 2179. 6.02gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Ex TimeLine Auctions, 6 December 2016, lot 2933 and 21 February 2017, lot 3024. -
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder; crescent to right / Agathodaemon serpent, crowned with pschent, erect to right, coiled around caduceus and ear of corn (or serpent's tail?); L Δ (date) in exergue. RPC III 5227.2; BMC 2867. 12.50gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
