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LOT 2786
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XVII Cos VI (AD 112/3).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right, set on eagle standing to right; club below to left / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙΖ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, laureate head of Melkart to right, wearing lion skin headdress. RPC III, 3547; Prieur 1517; McAlee 462. Near Very Fine.(14.06gr, 24mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Numerian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A K M A NOYMЄPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Athena seated to left, holding Nike and long sceptre, shield below, [L] B (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75847; Dattari (Savio) 5607; Emmett 4013. 7.24gr, 20mm, 11h.
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.
