LOT 3265
Claudius II Gothicus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 269/70).
AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L B (date) across fields. Dattari (Savio) 5417; Emmett 3879. Good Very Fine. Light green patina.(10.36gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3265
Claudius II Gothicus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Claudius AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Struck circa AD 41-42.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
TI CLAVD CAES AVG, bare head to left / DIAN EPHE, temple of Diana Ephesia: cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with fillets hanging from her wrists, polos on her head within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with figures flanking a central table with disk above, two tables and recumbent figures in angles. RPC I 2222 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 30. 11.73gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning with golden iridescence on reverse. Minor oxidations.
From the collection of Georges Müller, numismatist (collector's tickets included). -
Severis Alexander, as Caesar, AE 24mm of Raphanea, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Κ, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΡЄΦΑΝЄΩΤΩΝ, Genius, wearing kalathos, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; eagles flanking, bull at feet. Cf. RPC VI, 8196 (temporary); cf. Nurpetlian, Orontes Valley 24. 7.87gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L in right field, ЄΝΑΤΟΥ (date) in left field, Δ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76462; Dattari (Savio) 5675; Emmett 4046. 7.76gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
