LOT 3091
Elagabalus AE 22mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
[IMP C M] AVR • ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RPC VI, 8178 (temporary). Near Very Fine. Obverse brockage.(7.39gr, 22mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3091
Elagabalus AE 22mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Struck AD 116/7. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑͶΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ • ΔΑ • Κ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; club to left / • ΔHMAPX • [...], laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, wearing lion skin around neck. Cf. RPC III 3562; cf. McAlee 467 (Tyre); cf. Prieur 1522 (Tyre). 13.49gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left, head to right and holding wreath in beak; L H (date) across field. Dattari (Savio) 6009; Emmett 4108.8; K&G 120.68. 7.50gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Macrianus, Usurper BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 260-261.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Dated RY 1 (AD 260/1). Α Κ Τ Φ ΙΟΥΝ ΜΑΚΡΙΑΝΟϹ Є ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; L A (date) in left field. Köln 3011; Dattari (Savio) 5380; K&G 94.1; Emmett 3785.1. 10.91gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
