LOT 3512
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. 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.(2.03gr, 15mm, 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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Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 12mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Radiate and draped bust to right (Baalshamin?), wearing kalathos / Radiate and draped bust to left (Malakbel?). Krzyzanowska Type XII; SNG München 522-7. 1.88gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / [ΔΗΜΑΡΧ] ЄΞ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, Arabia standing to left, holding branch in right hand and bundle of cinnamon sticks in left; behind, [camel standing to left]. Cf. RPC III 4073 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Caesarea 15; Sydenham, Caesarea 184. 3.66gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 282 (AD 218/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗ-ΝWΝ Κ Ϲ ΙЄ Α[ϹΥ], lighted altar within hexastyle temple with arched central bay set on steps; pediment surmounted by Nike; on either side, crenellated multistory towers, each with arched entryway; BΠ-C (date) above. RPC VI 9242 (temporary); Spijkerman 25; Rosenberger 21; Sofaer -. 16.59gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light green and brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
