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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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Hadrian AE 25mm of Tiberias Claudiopolis, Judaea. Dated CY 101 (AD 118/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AΥΤ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝѠ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis(?) on shoulder / ΚΛΑΥΔ ΤΙΒЄΡ, Zeus seated to left within tetrastyle temple, holding patera and sceptre; ЄT A[P] (date) in exergue. RPC III 3932 var. (arrangement of reverse legend); Sofaer 10 var. (same); De Saulcy 5 var. (same). 10.58gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 44/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L E (date) before / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing to left and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to left lituus. RPC I, 5163; Dattari 128. 10.74gr, 25mm, 1h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia. AD 195-198.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 10.56gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
