LOT 3466
Divus Carus Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Died AD 283.
Struck under Carinus, circa AD 283-285. ΘЄധ ΚΑΡധ CЄΒ, laureate head to right / AΦIЄP-ധCIC, lit altar decorated with garland. Köln 3167-68; Dattari (Savio) 5570-71; K&G 113.5; Emmett 3995. Very Fine.(7.67gr, 20mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AE 19mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΚΑΙ, laureate head to right / ΙΠΠΗ-ΝΩ, horse standing to left; [monogram of AT to left]. RPC II, 2105; Spijkerman 5; Sofaer 10. 4.54gr, 19mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AV K CЄΠ CЄOYH CЄ(?), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / AΔPI ΠЄTPA MHT (anticlockwise), Tyche seated on rock to left within distyle shrine with globe in pediment, holding small stele in extended right hand and trophy with left. Sofaer 34 var. (obverse legend); Spijkerman 36 var. (same); cf. Rosenberger 21. 6.53gr, 20mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Struck AD 241-244. AVTOK K M AT(sic) ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPAN[KVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ KO-Λ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 22.26gr, 31mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
