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LOT 2846
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 267/8).
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to right, head to left, wreath in beak; L IЄ (date) in two lines to right, palm(?) to left. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 75563. Near Very Fine.(7.06gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ Α]ΔΡΙ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ in three lines within wreath. RPC III, 4103; Spijkerman 12; BMC 10. 3.23gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A K M A KAPINOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / L B (date) across fields, Elpis walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe; star in upper right field. Milne 4721-4722; Emmett 4007b. 7.54gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Elpis advancing to left, holding lotus blossom and raising hem of her dress, star to upper right; L B (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75852; Köln 3180; Dattari 5585; K&G 115.10; Emmett 4007.2. 10.07gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
