Gemini XIII

393.

Lot of three billon tetradrachms and one bronze

coin of Hadrian, two of them ex Dattari.

(1)

Tetradrachm, Year 7 = 122/3 AD, 12.71g. Bust

laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and

behind neck / Athena standing left holding Nike

and shield. Ex Dattari 7382, this coin illustrated

in Dattari-Savio, pl. 64. Not in RPC from Year 7,

because the date is weakly struck and could not be

read in the Dattari-Savio rubbing; cf. RPC 5311

(Year 6) and 5412 (Year 8). Hadrian’s tetradrachms

of Year 7 are all rare: RPC 5375-81 records a total

of only ten specimens, with seven different reverse

types. (2) Tetradrachm, Year 10 = 125/6 AD, 13.25g.

Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right / Eagle stand-

ing right, wings folded. RPC 5579 (29 spec.). (3)

Tetradrachm, Year 11 = 126/7 AD, 12.90g. Same

bust type / Canopus right. RPC 5640 (14 spec.). (4)

AE 24, Year 10 = 125/6 AD, 9.42g. Bust laureate

right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind

neck / Agathodaimon serpent erect right, enfold-

ing winged caduceus and wheat stalk. RPC 5610

(2 spec., including this coin). Ex Dattari 1982, this

coin illustrated in Dattari-Savio, pl. 97. Two EF,

Two Fine

$450

394.

Lot of four bronze coins of Hadrian, including

two ex Dattari.

(1) AE 34, Year 5 = 120/1 AD,

21.44g. Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front

shoulder and behind neck / Emperor in quadriga

of elephants right. RPC 5279 (26 spec., including

this coin). Ex Dattari 7536, this coin illustrated

in Dattari-Savio, pl. 74. (2) AE 34-35.5, Year 6 =

121/2 AD, 25.43g. Same bust type / Nilus reclin-

ing left holding reed. RPC 5358 (9 spec., including

this coin). Ex Dattari 7735, this coin illustrated in

Dattari-Savio, pl. 87. (3) AE 33, Year 19 = 134/5

AD, 25.42g. Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right /

Asclepius standing left, sacrificing from patera over

altar and holding serpent-staff. RPC 5961 (18 spec.).

(4) AE 29, Year 15 = 130/1 AD, 14.73g. Same bust

type / Togate emperor standing left, sacrificing from

patera over altar and holding scepter. RPC 5784 (23

spec.). Bold fine

$300