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LOT 2787
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XX Cos VI (AD 116).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; club to left / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ Κ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, with lion's skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3560; Prieur 1521 (Tyre); McAlee 466. Good Fine. Very rare, only two known to Prieur, and four specimens cited by RPC Online.(13.78gr, 25mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Gabala, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CE 143 and AE 128 (AD 98).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYT NEP KAIC TPAIA CEB ΓEPM, laureate head to right / ΓABAΛEΩN HKP (date) ΓMP (date), Astarte (?) seated to left, holding grain ears and poppy in her right hand and sceptre in her left; at her feet, Sphinx (?) to left. RPC III, 3808. 8.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 244 or 245.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Α, eagle with spread wings standing facing to right on palm frond, head to left and holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29018; McAlee 895; Prieur 340. 11.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Salonina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 265/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
KOPNHΛIA CAΛωNEINA CEB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / L ΙΓ (date) to right of eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak, upright palm branch in left field. Milne 4122; Emmett 3753. 9.43gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
