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LOT 2854
Divus Carus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Struck under Carinus, AD 283-285.
ΘЄധ KAPധ CЄB, laureate head to right / AΦIЄPധCIC, eagle standing to left, head to right, with wings displayed, wreath in beak. RPC X Unassigned ID 75882; Dattari (Savio) 10621; K&G 113.4; Emmett 3998. Very Fine.(7.24gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 of Antoninus Pius (AD 153/4)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
[Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / Hawk standing to right, crowned with skhent; L I-Z (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 1630; Dattari (Savio) 9074. 3.53gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four examples cited on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pisidia, Termessus Major AE Enneassarion. Time of Valerian I to Gallienus, AD 253-268. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΤЄΡΜΗCCЄΩΝ, laureate head of Zeus to right; Θ (mark of value) below / AYTONOMΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Θ (mark of value) to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 63657; SNG BN 2194-6; SNG von Aulock 8639; SNG Copenhagen 337. 10.61gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Domitian AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucia and Pieria. AD 74.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP DOMI[TIANVS C]AES AVG, laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath. RPC II, 2021; McAlee 406. 12.66gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
