LOT 3490
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 112.
[ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / [ΔΗΜΑΡΧ] ЄΞ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, Arabia standing to left, holding branch in right hand and bundle of cinnamon sticks in left; behind, [camel standing to left]. Cf. RPC III 4073 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Caesarea 15; Sydenham, Caesarea 184. Near Very Fine.(3.66gr, 19mm, 6h.).
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. -
Domitian AE 25mm of Mopsus, Cilicia. Dated CY 161(?) (AD 93/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΔOMЄTIA[NOC CЄ]BACTOC, laureate head to right / Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and leaning on tripod / [MOΨЄATΩN THC IЄPAC KAI ACYΛOY] to left, KAI A[YTO]NOM[OY] to right, [AΞP] date to outer right. RPC II 1741; SNG Levante 1326. 11.42gr, 25mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 713. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAICAPOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 2.05gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
