LOT 4053
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 112-114.
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, Arabia standing facing, head to left, holding branch over camel to left at feet and bundle of cinnamon sticks. RPC III 4073 (Arabian mint). Near Very Fine.(2.77gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 4053
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra, Arabia.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Caracalla AE 26mm of Medaba, Arabia. Dated CY 105 (AD 210/1).
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤƱΝΙΝ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΤΥΧΗ ΜΗΔΑΒΗΝƱΝ, Tyche standing to right, head to left, holding cornucopia in left hand, small bust (or baetyl?) in right extended hand, left foot on prow(?); PЄ (date) in left field. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68349; Rosenberger IV, 4; SNG ANS 1352; Sofaer 6. 11.34gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 112-114.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, Arabia standing facing, head to left, holding branch over camel to left at feet and bundle of cinnamon sticks. RPC III 4073 (Arabian mint). 2.77gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Domitian AE 20mm of Miletus, Ionia. AD 81-96.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ, cult statue of Apollo Didymeus, holding stag, laurel branch and bow to right: in right field, star. RPC II, 1151; BMC 152; SNG Copenhagen 1014. 5.78gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
