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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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Trajan AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / Large S C, BI (date) below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III, 3595; Wruck 192; CRS 209; McAlee 487(m). 14.43gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ [...] ΥΠΑΤ Є, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. Cf. RPC III, 3540 (RY 15). 14.06gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 15mm of Anthemusia, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[...]NCI, radiate head to right / ΑΝΘЄ[...], turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right. RPC VI Online 7708; BMC 1; Dandrow Anthemusia 36. 2.25gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
