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LOT 2857
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
A K M A KAPINOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / L B (date) across fields, Elpis walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe; star in upper right field. Milne 4721-4722; Emmett 4007b. Very Fine.(7.54gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Elagabalus(?) AE 20mm of Phoenician mint, possibly Botrys. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate bust to right / Front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which deity standing, facing. Cf. RPC VI Online 8221 (temporary). 7.44gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XVII Cos VI (AD 112/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right, set on eagle standing to right; club below to left / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙΖ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, laureate head of Melkart to right, wearing lion skin headdress. RPC III, 3547; Prieur 1517; McAlee 462. 14.06gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 267/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, head to left, wings gathered, holding wreath in beak; to left, palm frond; L IЄ (date) to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 75563; Köln 2942-3; Dattari 5276-7; K&G 90.98; Emmett 3807.15. 8.66gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
