LOT 3483
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. Near Very Fine.(2.18gr, 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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Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Petra(?), Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟΥΗ]ΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄΒ, Antoninus Pius on horseback, galloping to left, raising right hand in salute, chlamys flowing behind. RPC IV.3 Online 3982 (Uncertain mint and ruler); E.S.G. Robinson, "Coins from Petra, etc" in Num. Chron. 64 (1936), p. 291, pl. XVII.12. 7.80gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right / Laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse. Cf. RPC II, 2106; for c/m: Howgego 17. 11.46gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Otho AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 1 (AD 69).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
AYΤΟΚΡΑΤധΡ • M • OΘധN KAICAP CЄΒΑCΤΟC, laureate head to right / Eagle with spread wings standing to left on wreath, holding wreath in beak; between eagle's legs, crescent; in field to left, palm frond; ЄΤΟΥC A (date) below. RPC I, 4199; McAlee 316; Prieur 101. 15.22gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
