LOT 3126
Caracalla AE 17mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head to right / MAPKIANOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, lion standing to left. Varbanov 909 var. (obverse legend and lion to right); otherwise apparently unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare.(2.28gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A K Γ OYAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre; L B (date) to right; at feet, eagle standing to left, head to right. Köln 3222; Dattari (Savio) 5774; K&G 119.24; Emmett 4087.2. 7,59gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Domna AE 32mm of Koinon of Cyprus. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΙΟYΛ ΔOΜΝΑ CEB, draped bust to right / [KOINON KYΠΡΙΩΝ], temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 90; cf. BMC 56; cf. Tziambazis 29. 17.34gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tacitus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 275/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A K KΛ TAKITOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; ЄTOVC A (date) to left and right. Köln 3113; Dattari (Savio) 5520; K&G 110.1; Emmett 3974.1. 8.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
