LOT 3253
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, drapery(?) on far shoulder / Isis or Euthenia standing to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; in field, L I-Γ. Cf. RPC III, 4463; cf. Dattari (Savio) Suppl. Pl. 5, 81. Good Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen on RPC.(22.95gr, 37mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears(?) in her right hand, left hand on grounded shield, date in field. Cf. RPC III 5825 (dated RY 17). 24.86gr, 35mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 20mm. Dated SE 293 (20/19 BC). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; ΓꟼΣ (date) downwards in inner left field. DCA 413. 6.26gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[...] M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate head to right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia. Cf. Varbanov 2387. 17.90gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
