LOT 2935
Domitian AE 18mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
[ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ]ΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕ[ΡΜ], laureate head to right / [ΚΛΑΥΔΙΕധΝ Λ]ΕΥΚ[ΑΔΙധΝ], veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right, wearing mural crown. RPC II 2038; SNG München -. Near Very Fine.(4.74gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2935
Domitian AE 18mm of Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Seleucis and Pieria.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75901; Dattari (Savio) 5622; Emmett 4025. 7.73gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 31mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated RY 1 (AD 285/6). A K M OYA ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Homonoia standing facing, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae in her left; L A (date) across field; to left, pellet. Dattari (Savio) 5923; Köln 3280; K&G 120.9. 7.97gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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