LOT 3502
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 271/2).
ΑVΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑVΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L B across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75642. Very Fine.(8.39gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / L Є (date) within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75716; Köln 3089; Dattari (Savio) 5469; K&G 106.49; Emmett 3961.5. 10.39gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Commodus AE 22mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. Struck circa AD 188-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΚVΖΙΚΗ]-ΝΩΝ, sheep or calf advancing to right. RPC IV.2 Online 731; Lindgren I, 232; BMC 244; SNG von Aulock 1275; SNG Copenhagen 117; SNG BnF 743. 4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17(?) (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L [I-Z(?) (date)] below. Cf. RPC III, 4820; cf. Dattari (Savio) 7221; cf. Emmett 707.17. 1.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
