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LOT 2783
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 to 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.(13.48gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2783
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Titus, as Caesar AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
TITOΣ KA-IΣAP, laureate head right / ΓAΔA-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, L ZΛP (date) above. RPC II, 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 3.66gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cilicia, Mopsouestia-Mopsus AE 19mm. Dated CY 262 (AD 194/5). Time of Septimius Severus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΔΡΙΑΝധΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤധΝ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ЄTOVC B-Ξ-C (date), altar on stand. RPC IV.3 25422.1 (temporary) = SNG Levante 1342. 5.48gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare. Best known specimen with clear date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A K M A KAPINOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / L B (date) across fields, Elpis walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe; star in upper right field. Milne 4721-4722; Emmett 4007b. 7.54gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
