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LOT 3019
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 98-117.
Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4). Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. Very Fine.(1.58gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesThe 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.
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Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia AE 3 Units of Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi), Judaea. Died AD 65 and AD 63.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Struck under Nero, AD 65-68. DIVA POP-PAEA AVG, statue of Diva Poppaea seated to left within distyle temple set on high podium / [DIVA CLAVD] NER F, statue of Diva Claudia standing to left on basis within hexastyle temple set on high podium. RPC I 4846; Meshorer 354; Sofaer 87. 7.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Lydia, Sardeis AE 15mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΤΙ. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΜΝΑΣΕΑΣ (Ti. Claudius Mnaseas), strategos. Struck circa AD 65. Pseudo-autonomous issue. ЄΠI TI MNACЄOY CAPΔIANΩN, laurate head of Herakles to right, with lion's skin draped around his neck / CЄΒΑCΤΗ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. RPC I 3010; GRPC Lydia 264; SNG Copenhagen 504. 2.23gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
