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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Geta, as Caesar AE 24mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 270 of Septimius Severus (AD 207/8).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤΑϹ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ΔЄΙΗ-ΝധΝ Ο[Ϲ] (date), War-god Hadad standing facing, wearing kalathos with bull horns, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and Nike; recumbent bulls flanking. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68424; Spijkerman 7; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 6-7. 11.03gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 11 of Tiberius (24/5 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Palm frond; [IO]Y-ΛIΛ and L IΛ (date) across field / TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4966; Meshorer 329; Hendin 6369. 2.12gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 31mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL • I • FL AG(sic) [...], veiled figure ploughing to right with two oxen; above, Nike flying to left, holding wreath with both hands. Cf. RPC III, 3958. 20.17gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
