LOT 3508
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75851; Dattari (Savio) 5584; Emmett 4007. Very Fine.(6.24gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phrygia, Prymnessus AE 25mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IЄPA • CYN-KΛHTOC, draped bust of the Roman Senate to right / ΠΡVΜΝ-ΗϹϹЄ[ΩΝ], Cybele seated to left on throne, holding her right hand above forepart of lion to left and leaning left on tympanon. RPC V.2 Unassigned ID 27262; Von Aulock, Phrygien II, 895-904. 7.49gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Countermarked Roman Provincial AE 28mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Countermark: male imperial head to right within incuse circle / Blank. 6.35gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 17mm of Gerasa, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤΟΝΙ[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΝ Τധ ΠΡ ΧΡ Τധ ΠP; turreted Tyche seated on rock to left, upper part of body and head to right, holding grain ears in each hand; below, swimming river-god. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 6605; cf. Spijkerman 23. 2.87gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
