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LOT 2790
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 16 (AD 112).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right with closed wings; to lower left, club / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ Ις YΠAT ς, laureate bust of Melqart-Herakles to right, wearing lion skin tied around his neck. McAlee 461; Prieur 1516. Near Very Fine.(13.88gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Commodus AE 18mm of Canatha, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΝΤΟΝΟϹ(sic) ΚΟΜΟϹ(sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΓΑΒΙ ΚΑΝΑΘ, bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis. RPC IV.3 Online 6546 (temporary); Spijkerman 8; Sofaer 6-7. 2.29gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ Α]ΔΡΙ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ in three lines within wreath. RPC III, 4103; Spijkerman 12; BMC 10. 3.23gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising hem of dress; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75851; Dattari (Savio) 5584; Emmett 4007.2. 6.22gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
