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LOT 2798
Macrinus BI Tetradrachm of Beroea, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
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. Very Fine.(13.21gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Somerset, UK, private collector.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eirene standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75916; Dattari (Savio) 5654; Emmett 4045.2. 6.54gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤOΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡX [...], the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy head in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. Cf. RPC III, 3543 (RY 16). 13.78gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Gabala, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated CE 143 and AE 128 (AD 98).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYT NEP KAIC TPAIA CEB ΓEPM, laureate head to right / ΓABAΛEΩN HKP (date) ΓMP (date), Astarte (?) seated to left, holding grain ears and poppy in her right hand and sceptre in her left; at her feet, Sphinx (?) to left. RPC III, 3808. 8.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
