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LOT 2792
Trajan AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / Large S C, BI (date) below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3595; Wruck 192; CRS 209; McAlee 487(m). Near Very Fine.(14.43gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 16 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΑΥΤOΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞ Iς ΥΠΑΤ ς, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy head in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. RPC III, 3543; McAlee 471; Prieur 1499. 13.65gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus PIus AE 22mm of Nysa-Scythopolis, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥ]ΤOΚ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝO[Ϲ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄ], laureate head to right / ΝΥϹΑ Ϲ ΚOI ϹΥΡΙΑϹ, Dionysus standing to left with legs crossed, holding cantharus and thyrsus; to left, panther seated to left, head to right. RPC IV.3 Online 6465 (temporary); Barkay 15; Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 11; Sofaer 15. 9.26gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip II AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 248.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, eagle standing to left, with spreading wings and holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 28990; McAlee 1043; Prieur 473. 12.86, 26mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
