LOT 3315
Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Lycum, Pontus. Dated CY 42 (AD 112/3).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΤΟ ϚΙ, laureate head to right / [Ν]ЄΙΚΟΠΟ[ΛЄധ]Ϲ [ЄΤΟΥϹ ΜΒ], Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. RPC III, 2942; cf. Dalaison, Nicopolis, 15a. Near Very Fine.(8.85gr, 25mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3315
Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Lycum, Pontus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ ΚΑIC ΤΡΑΙAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; below, crocodile to right; L IZ (date) above. RPC III, 5822; Dattari (Savio) 1435; Emmett 876.17; K&G 35.534. 9.80gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Thuria, Messenia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M AY[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΘOY[PI]-ATΩN Λ-A, Athena standing to left, holding spear and patera. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 834.3-4. 4.21gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 32mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 115.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS [VI P P], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Astarte-Tyche standing to left, resting foot on helmet and holding bust and sceptre, within Tetrastyle temple with central arch behind enclosure with altar in front; at feet in right field, harbour-god holding anchor; • C • T(sic) • F AVG • C•A•E•S • in exergue. RPC II 3954; Rosenberger 19; Kadman 22; Sofaer pl. 23 , 21; Samuels 172. 17.90gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
