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LOT 2784
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XV Cos V (AD 110/1).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right above eagle standing to right; club beneath head / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules to right, lion skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3539; Prieur 1515; McAlee 460. Near Very Fine.(14.45gr, 25mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XV Cos V (AD 110/1).
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ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right above eagle standing to right; club beneath head / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules to right, lion skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3539; Prieur 1515; McAlee 460. 14.45gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
