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LOT 2785
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XV Cos V (AD 110/1).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ IЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. RPC III 3540; McAlee 470; Prieur 1498 (Tyre). Near Very Fine.(13.12gr, 25mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Titus, as Caesar AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137(?) (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
TITOΣ K[AIΣAP], laureate head to right / [ΓAΔA]-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, [L ZΛP(?)] (date) above. Cf. RPC II, 2096; cf. Spijkerman 30; cf. Sofaer 29. 5.36gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. 15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
