LOT 3775
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Rome mint.
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment, H to left, RS in exergue. Drost 87; R IC 202a. Good Very Fine.(7.08gr, 25mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 207-208.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £533
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ •ϹЄ•, laureate and draped bust to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Β, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 87375; McAlee 18; Prieur 1143. 11.35gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, L I-Z (date) below. RPC III 4820; Dattari (Savio) 7221; Emmett 707.17. 2.18gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two uraeus. The Egyptian word Hemhem means to shout, cry out, possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE 26mm of Peltae, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 147-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed and draped bust with short beard to right / ΠΕΛΤΗΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ, distyle temple enclosing statue of Ephesia Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, and having supports; two stags flanking; in pediment, globe. RPC IV.2 Online 2144; BMC 23; Imhoof-Blumer KM, p. 284, 8. 12.54gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three specimens cited by RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
