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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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Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. [IOYΛIA KAICAPOC], three bound grain ears / [TIBЄPIOY] KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.60gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 21mm. Time of Augustus to Tiberius (27 BC-AD 37).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Struck circa 10 BC-AD 18. Europa on bull to left; ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ and [date] below / Altar before tetrastyle temple with tall podium. Cf. RPC I 4568-71. 6.41gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Philip II, as Caesar BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Struck AD 245. ΜΑΡ ΙΟVΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ΚЄCΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟVCΙΑC VΠΑ ΤΟ Α, eagle standing to right on palm frond, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29405; McAlee 1014; Prieur 346. 11.63gr, 25mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Minor deposits.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
