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LOT 4059
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
AVT TPAIAN C-ЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust to right, aegis on left shoulder / Trajan, togate, holding olive branch in right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre in left, driving slow quadriga to right; L Iϛ (date) above. RPC III 4666.2; Köln 621 var. (bust); Dattari (Savio) 757; K&G 27.493; Emmett 459.16. Good Very Fine.(16.03gr, 33mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4059
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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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
L Є KAICAP[OC], palm branch / [NЄPധNOC] in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.79gr, 16mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Valerian I AE 25mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. AD 253-260.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL A HELIOP (or HELIVP?), table with four visible legs, two in profile and two facing, and with x-shaped struts between them, bearing a large prize crown containing a grain ear flanked by two palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63796 var. (reverse legend); Sawaya 690-691 var. (same). 10.27gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with this reverse legend.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. Accompanied by a Naville coin ticket. -
Septimius Severus AE 28mm of Medaba, Arabia. Dated CY 105 (AD 210/11).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
AVT KAIC CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / H-Λ-I-ω, Helios, raising hand and holding torch, driving facing quadriga; PЄ (date) in lower field, [MHΔAΒΗΝ?]ω in exergue. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68330. 17.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
