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LOT 2840
Domitian AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12(?) (AD 92/3).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Dolphin entwined around anchor; L IB(?) (date) across field. RPC II, 2692; SNG BnF 962. Good Fine. Very rare regnal year for this type.(3.44gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Α Κ Μ Α ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae with her left; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76002; Dattari (Savio) 5927; Emmett 4141.3. 7.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate head to right / Canopus to right; L I-E (date) across fields. RPC III, 4576; Dattari (Savio) 648; Emmett 371. 12.10gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Julia Mamaea AE 18mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing to right, wineskin over shoulder and raising right hand. RPC VI, 9343 (temporary); Kindler, Bostra 41; Spijkerman 53; Rosenberger 48; Sofaer 48. 4.59gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
