LOT 3004
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. AD 98-117.
Struck AD 112-114. ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚHC ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟC ς (Tribunitia Potestas Consul VI) issue. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς, aquila between two signa; that to the left surmounted by wreath, that to the right by hand. RPC III 4059 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Tell Kalak 10; Sydenham, Caesarea 226. Very Fine.(9.54gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 5 (AD 120/1). [ΑV]Τ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right, drapery over far shoulder; crescent to right / Agathodaemon, wearing sekhemti (pschent) crown, erect to right on ground line, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn in its coils; L Є (date) in exergue. RPC III 5270; Dattari (Savio) 1546 & 1548; Emmett 803.5. 11.17gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ ΚΑ Μ A AY(?) ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ C, radiate head to right / Large S C, Δ Є above, eagle with wings spread and head to right below; all within laurel wreath. RPC VI Online 8048 (temporary). 5.30gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Tiberius AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Dated CY 92 (AD 28/9). TIBЄPIധ KAICAPI, 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. 6.08gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
