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LOT 2858
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising hem of dress; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75851; Dattari (Savio) 5584; Emmett 4007.2. Very Fine.(6.22gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XV Cos V (AD 110/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ IЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. RPC III 3540; McAlee 470; Prieur 1498 (Tyre). 13.12gr, 25mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Titus, as Caesar, AE 16mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[TITOΣ KAIΣ]AP, laureate head to right / [ΓAΔA]-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, [L] Z[ΛP] (date) above. RPC II 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 4.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
