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LOT 2838
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 44/5).
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L E (date) before / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing to left and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to left lituus. RPC I, 5163; Dattari 128. Fine.(10.74gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2838
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Julia Mamaea AE 18mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing to right, wineskin over shoulder and raising right hand. RPC VI, 9343 (temporary); Kindler, Bostra 41; Spijkerman 53; Rosenberger 48; Sofaer 48. 4.59gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 16 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΑΥΤOΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞ Iς ΥΠΑΤ ς, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy head in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. RPC III, 3543; McAlee 471; Prieur 1499. 13.65gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L H (date) across fields, Γ in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76547; Dattari 6012. 7.85gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
