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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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Hadrian AE 18mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 3.45gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE Minim. 1st-3rd centuries CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Turreted head of Tyche to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger 17. 1.65gr, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cilicia, Anazarbus AE 1/4 Assarion. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated CY 180 (AD 160/1). Pseudo-autonomous issue. ANAZAP-BЄ, river-god Pyramos swimming to right / Horse walking to right, ЄT ΠP (date) above and below / RPC IV.3 Online 3636; SNG BN 2032-3; SNG Levante 1394. 1.36gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
