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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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 286/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to right / Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; [star?] in right field; ЄTOYC Γ (date) around. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 75977; cf. Köln 3233; cf. Dattari (Savio) 5760. 6.33gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑVΤ • ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟC CЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head to left, with wreath in beak; prow of galley to left between legs. Prieur 1292. 12.39gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
