LOT 2879
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia. AD 195-198.
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Uncertain male deity standing facing, head to left, holding patera(?) with right hand and sceptre with left. Fine.(10.56gr, 27mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2879
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 288/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[...]Λ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC [...], laureate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / Eusebia standing facing, head to left, sprinkling incense over altar on left and holding box; L Є (date) across field. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 76026. 7.11gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 24mm of Gaba, Judaea. Dated CY 171 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / ΚΛ ΦΙ ΓΑ-ΒΗΝധΝ; AΟΡ (date) in right field, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy. RPC III, 3940; Kindler 20; Sofaer 17, pl.42. 9.72gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
