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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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Caracalla, with Julia Domna AE 25mm of Hierapolis-Castabala, Cilicia. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤωN[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: Nike to left within oval incuse / ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ ϹΕΒ, Julia Domna standing to left, placing incense on altar. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84046; for c/m: Howgego 260. 9.96gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 25mm of Coela, Thrace. AD 218-222.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ANTONINOVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEL MVNICIP COEA(sic), Diana standing facing, head to left, holding patera and long torch. Not in the standard references. 8.06gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. COS III (AD 100).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΣЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ, laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules to right, with lion's skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3566; Wruck 148; Prieur 1483; McAlee 476. 9.34gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
