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LOT 2836
Elagabalus AE 18mm of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
ANTധNI[...], laureate head to right / Sagittarius advancing to right, holding bow and rawing arrow from quiver on shoulder, Δ below. RPC VI Online 7906 (temporary); Lindgren 2614. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.(4.13gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia. AD 195-198.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Uncertain male deity standing facing, head to left, holding patera(?) with right hand and sceptre with left. 10.56gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising hem of dress; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75851; Dattari (Savio) 5584; Emmett 4007.2. 6.22gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
