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LOT 2856
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Elpis advancing to left, holding lotus blossom and raising hem of her dress, star to upper right; L B (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75852; Köln 3180; Dattari 5585; K&G 115.10; Emmett 4007.2. Very Fine.(10.07gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271 - March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across fields / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝΟ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρധ, laureate, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75753; Köln 3058-62; Dattari (Savio) 5424 corr. (obv. legend); K&G 106.71; Emmett 3914. 9.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Salonina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 265/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
KOPNHΛIA CAΛωNEINA CEB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / L ΙΓ (date) to right of eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak, upright palm branch in left field. Milne 4122; Emmett 3753. 9.43gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 267/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to right, head to left, wreath in beak; L IЄ (date) in two lines to right, palm(?) to left. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 75563. 7.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
