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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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LOT 2854
Divus Carus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Philip I AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Illegible inscription, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Illegible inscription, eagle displayed, with head to right, supporting plain circle enclosing the Caesarean triad: Ceres and Fortuna standing to right and Bacchus standing to left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 2157; cf. Kadman II 112. 18.68gr, 26mm, 1h.
Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 287/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; star in right field, L Δ (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 76012; Dattari (Savio) 5963 (under Maximian). 8.93gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus BI Tetradrachm of Beroea, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AYT K M OΠ CЄ MAKPINOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC Π Π, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, B-Є flanking wind animal facing. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 80443; Bellinger 87; Prieur 896. 13.21gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector.
