LOT 3514
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Laureate head to right / Sistrum; across fields, L I-ς (date). RPC III, 4776. Very Fine.(1.84gr, 14mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 1.41gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The 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. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
[IOYΛIA] KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAI[CAPOC L Iς (date)], simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 2.03gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Procurators, Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. Dated RY 39 of Augustus (8/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Caesar (Augustus).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Palm tree with dates; L ΛΘ (date) across fields / KAICA-POC, ear of grain curved to the right. RPC II 4955; Meshorer 313; Hendin 6358. 2.16gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
