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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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. -
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 278/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings gathered, with wreath in beak; behind, palm frond, L Δ (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75790; Köln 3135; Dattari (Savio) 5563; K&G 112.17; Emmett 3981.4. 6.84gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina with brown highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 11mm of Beroea, Cyrrhestica. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΒΕΡΟI-ΑΙധΝ, laurel branch. RPC III 3436; BMC 11. 1.50gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
