LOT 3491
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 114-116.
ΑVΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΑΡΙϹΤΩ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ, camel standing to left. Cf. RPC III 4078 (Arabian mint); Ganschow, Münzen X19b; Metcalf, Tell Kalak -; Sydenham, Caesarea 204. Near Very Fine.(2.86gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phrygia, Ankyra AE 20mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΙЄΡΑ CV-NKΛΗΤΟC; draped bust of the Senate to right / ANKYPANΩN in three lines within laurel wreath. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 1028. 5.50gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia. AD 195-198.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Uncertain male deity standing facing, head to left, holding patera(?) with right hand and sceptre with left. 10.56gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 71/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L Δ (date) to right. RPC II 2434; Dattari (Savio) 383; K&G 20.34; Emmett 217.4. 9.74gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light brown patina. Scratch on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
