LOT 3508
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17(?) (AD 113/4).
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, [L I-Z(?) (date)] below. Cf. RPC III 4820; cf. Dattari (Savio) 7221; cf. Emmett 707.17. Very Fine.(1.46gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Macrinus AE 22mm of Parium, Mysia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana), capricorn to right, bearing cornucopia on its back and with globe between its forelegs. BMC Mysia 111; SNG BnF 1502. 4.71gr, 22mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated Year of the Aradian Era 352 (AD 93/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae, tied with taenia; to right, BNT (date); to left 'b' in Phoenician. RPC III 3825.4 (this coin); Rouvier 862; ANS 1948.19.2211. 6.42gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only five examples on RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΑΥ[T] Κ M Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC ΤO Δ, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to right, holding wreath in beak; between legs, two pilei surmounted by stars. Prieur 1227. 12.28gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
