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LOT 2849
Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271 - March AD 272).
ΑΥΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across fields / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝΟ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρധ, laureate, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75753; Köln 3058-62; Dattari (Savio) 5424 corr. (obv. legend); K&G 106.71; Emmett 3914. Very Fine.(9.19gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2849
Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 242.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β; eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to right, head to left. RPC VII.2 3520; Prieur 302; McAlee 874. 11.76gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Deultum, Thrace. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL FL P-A-C DEVLT, the Three Graces standing nude and embracing. RPC VI Online 740 (temporary); Jurukova, Deultum 107; Staal 30.1.1; Draganov, Deultum 405-9. 9.02gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Severus Numismatics, E-sale 95, lot 711. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤ⟒ΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L ΔЄΚΑΤΟV (date), Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing to right. RPC IV.4, 999; Dattari (Savio) 2666; Emmett 1590.10; K&G 35.360. 22.82gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
