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LOT 2788
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
ΑΥΤOΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡX [...], the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy head in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. Cf. RPC III, 3543 (RY 16). Near Very Fine.(13.78gr, 25mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2788
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 288/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to right, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm; to upper left, star; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76058; Dattari (Savio) 5820. 7.79gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus AE 25mm of Hierapolis, Phrygia. AD 253-268. Homonoia issue with Smyrna.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥ • Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ-ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ΖΜΥΡΝЄΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΥΑ(sic) two prize urns inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚYΝΑ(sic) ΑϹΙΑϹ on base with palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63177; cf. Franke & Nollé 912-914 corr. (inscribed crowns). 6.42gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Tiberius AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 92 (AD 28/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[TIBЄPIധ] KAICAP[I], bare head to right / ΓAΔAPEIC, veiled head of Tyche to right; L ЧB (date) behind. RPC I 4812; Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 15; SNG ANS 1291. 5.18gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
