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LOT 2833
Arabia, Bostra AE 12mm. Time of Commodus. Dated CY 76 (AD 181/2). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; TV downwards to right, OC• (date) across field / BOCT-PA, camel standing to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 3953 (temporary); Kindler 19. Very Fine. Very rare.(0.95gr, 12mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Elpis advancing to left, holding lotus blossom and raising hem of her dress, star to upper right; L B (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75852; Köln 3180; Dattari 5585; K&G 115.10; Emmett 4007.2. 10.07gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ЄTOYC Є in two lines within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75734; Köln 3090; Dattari (Savio) 5467. 7.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
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.
