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LOT 3485
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. Near Very Fine.(1.75gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Julia Domna AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Cotiaeum, Phrygia. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IOYΛIA CЄBACTH, draped bust to right / KO[TI]-AЄΩN, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left. SNG Copenhagen 325; BMC 46. 6.00gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.18gr, 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. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AVT KAI ANTധNЄINOC, laureate head to right / Large S C; below, eagle standing slightly to left, head to right, with wings spread; uncertain letter and symbol flanking; all within wreath. Cf. McAlee 697A (A and ivy leaf). 6.97gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
