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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Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Oinochoe; L I-ϛ (date) across field. Köln -; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 27.525; RPC III 4774; Emmett 726 (R5). 1.29gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Time of Vespasian, AD 69-79. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CAPΔI-ANΩN, draped bust of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / CAPΔI-ANΩN, Zeus Lydios standing to left, holding eagle and sceptre. GRPC Lydia 271; Leypold I, 1200. 5.43gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 281 (AD 218).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
[ΑΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ[ΟϹ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕWΝ A[Π]C (date), galley to left with rowers; at stern, navigator; at prow, figure standing and holding standard. RPC VI Online 9255; Spijkerman 85; Rosenberger 79; Sofaer 91. 16.87gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
