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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Valerian AE 27mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / COL TV-RO METR, Cadmus advancing to right holding spear in left hand and beckoning behind him with right; to left, murex shell. RPC X Unassigned ID 62891 var. (bust and obverse legend). 11.20gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ, laureate head to right / Trophy; bound captive seated to left and right; L K-A (date) across field. RPC IV.4 3380; Köln 2205; Dattari (Savio) 3904; K&G 41.25; Emmett 2559.21. 9.97gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Trichalkon. Dated year 104 of the Caesarean Era (AD 55/6). G. Ummidius Durmius Quadratus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ANTIOXEΩN, turreted and veiled bust of the Tyche of Antioch to right / ΕΠΙ ΚΟΥΑΔΡΑΤΟΥ, ram leaping to right, head turned to look back; above, star; below, ΔP (date). RPC I, 4286; BMC -; McAlee 100; SNG Copenhagen 99. 7.52gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
