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LOT 4060
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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LOT 4060
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Lydia, Tripolis AE 22mm. Time of the Antonines, AD 138-192. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted bust of Athena to left, wearing aegis / ΤΡΙΠΟΛ-ΕΙΤΩ-Ν, Zeus Lydios standing to left, holding eagle and leaning on sceptre. RPC III, 2559B; SNG München 789-91; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 10. 5.58gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian, with Agrippa II AE 28mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa's second era (73/4 CE).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹEΒΑCΤΩ, laureate head to right / ΕΤ ΔΙ ΒΑ ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ, Tyche-Demeter standing facing, head to left, holding grain ear in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RPC II 2243; Hendin 6331; Meshorer, AJC, 7; Sofaer 184. 17gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 139/40).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ, bare head to right / Eirene standing to left, holding grain ears and caduceus; L TPI-TOV (date) around. RPC IV.4 Online 13435 (temporary); Köln 1320; Dattari (Savio) 2216; K&G 35.53; Emmett 1382. 6.43gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
