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LOT 2832
Commodus AE 16mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 177-192.
ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙ[...], laureate head to right / Ν • ΤΡΑ ΒΟC-ΤΡΑ, camel walking to right. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3983 (temporary); cf. Kindler 21; cf. Rosenberger 23. Good Fine. Very rare.(2.82gr, 16mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A K Γ OVAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eusebia standing facing, head to left, sprinkling incense over altar to left and holding box; L A (date) in left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75890; Dattari (Savio) 5692; Emmett 4052.1. 7.52gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 7 (AD 281/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L Z (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75807; Dattari (Savio) 5555; Emmett 3984.7. 8.23gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cilicia, Mopsouestia-Mopsus AE 19mm. Dated CY 262 (AD 194/5). Time of Septimius Severus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΔΡΙΑΝധΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤധΝ, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ЄTOVC B-Ξ-C (date), altar on stand. RPC IV.3 25422.1 (temporary) = SNG Levante 1342. 5.48gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare. Best known specimen with clear date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
