LOT 3479
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
[ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑΙΑΝ C-ЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑ[ΚΙΚ], laureate bust to right, with aegis on far shoulder / Nilus reclining to left on crocodile, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left; L IϚ (date) in upper left field. RPC III, 4686.1. Very Fine. Sandy patina.(26.77gr, 35mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Claudius AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 108 (AD 44/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΓΑΔΑΡΑ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right; L HP (date) before. RPC I, 4816; Spijkerman 16; Rosenberger 21; Sofaer 14. 4.10gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 10 Units of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Dated RY 29 of the first era of Agrippa II (AD 77/8 ).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤΟΥ ΚΘ (date) ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. Meshorer 172; Hendin 6322; RPC II 2288; Sofaer 246. 16.31gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M [...]TONIN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PETA COLON, founder, raising his right hand and plowing with yoke of oxen to right. Cf. RPC VI Online 9377. 4.12gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
