LOT 3506
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 6 (AD 73/4).
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑ[ΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L Ϛ (date) to right. RPC II 2442; Dattari (Savio) 385; Köln 299; K&G 20.44; Emmett 217.6. Near Very Fine.(9.23gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 114-116.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΑVΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΑΡΙϹΤΩ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ, camel standing to left. Cf. RPC III 4078 (Arabian mint); Ganschow, Münzen X19b; Metcalf, Tell Kalak -; Sydenham, Caesarea 204. 2.86gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 1st-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / Caduceus between two cornucopiae. De Saulcy -; BMC -; Krzyźanowska, Monnayage de Palmyre -; Lindgren I-; for a similar example cf. Roma, e-118, 791. 1.01gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. Struck AD 112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ]ΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / [ΔΗΜΑΡΧ] ЄΞ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, Arabia standing to left, holding branch in right hand and bundle of cinnamon sticks in left; behind, [camel standing to left]. Cf. RPC III 4073 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Caesarea 15; Sydenham, Caesarea 184. 3.66gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
