LOT 2948
Claudius AE 24mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 41-54.
[TI CLAVD C]AESAR AVG • GERM • IMP, bare head to right / COL • IVL, founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 4545; Sawaya 374-82 var. (D79/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 507. Good Very Fine.(14.10gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 1 (AD 285/6). Α Κ ΜA ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L A (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75903; Köln 3276; Dattari (Savio) 10697; K&G 120.3; Emmett 4093.1. 8.09gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L A (date) in left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75888; Dattari (Savio) 5669; Emmett 4046. 6.92gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE 25mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 81-96 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £79
Struck 92/3 CE. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XII, laureate head to right / IMP XXIII COS XVI CE[NS P P P, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy. RPC II 2308; Sofaer 36-8; TJC 395; Hendin 1459. 11.43gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
