LOT 3507
Trajan AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 107/8).
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ [ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ], laureate head to right / Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club with right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm; L I-A (date) across upper fields. RPC III 4264; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 915; K&G 27.134; Emmett 679.11 (R5). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(4.66gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 18 (31 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IH (date) within wreath. RPC I 4969; TJC 334. 1.96gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Doe standing to right, head to left, suckling a fawn / Bull standing to right, crescent above. Krzyzanowska, type X. 1.46gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Smyrna, Ionia. After AD 128.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare head to right / COS III, the two Nemeses standing to right and left, facing one another, each holds out a fold of her dress, the one on the left holds a bridle, the other on the right holds cubit rule. RIC 507; RPC III 1361; Metcalf 32. 10.37gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 904. Property of a London antiquarian.
