LOT 2970
Macrinus AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 217-218.
[...]CRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL FL [...] C CAESAR, Tyche standing facing within tetrastyle temple, holding bust and sceptre, resting foot on harbour-god; small figures between columns. Cf. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 69876; cf. SNG ANS 799; Sofaer -; BMC -. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant of a very rare issue of Caesarea Maritima.(12.24gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated RY 6 (AD 274/5). [Α] Κ Λ ΔΟΜ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings closed, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm frond; ЄTOVC ς (date) around. RPC X Unassigned ID 75743; Köln 3095; Dattari (Savio) 5488; K&G 106.55; Emmett 3927.6. 6.85gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Augustus AE 19mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Died AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck under Trajan, AD 99-102. DIVOS AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / Two military standards, each surmounted by eagle and two signa; COL V above, BER VIII between. RPC III 3836; Rouvier 497. 7.17gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated RY 11 (AD 295/6). MAΞIMIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / Draped bust of Sarapis to right, wearing ornate kalathos; L I-A (date) across field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76313; Köln 3345 var. (date arrangement); Dattari (Savio) 5980; K&G 120.139; Emmett 4151 (R3). 6.96gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
