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LOT 2810
Hadrian AE 25mm of Tiberias Claudiopolis, Judaea. Dated CY 101 (AD 118/9).
AΥΤ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝѠ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis(?) on shoulder / ΚΛΑΥΔ ΤΙΒЄΡ, Zeus seated to left within tetrastyle temple, holding patera and sceptre; ЄT A[P] (date) in exergue. RPC III 3932 var. (arrangement of reverse legend); Sofaer 10 var. (same); De Saulcy 5 var. (same). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.(10.58gr, 25mm, 1h.).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. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 18mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Π CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Thanatos standing slightly to left, with legs crossed and leaning upon inverted torch set upon altar. Varbanov 1110; H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.22.41.2. 3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
