LOT 3055
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Dated RY 1 (AD 285/6). A K M OYA ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Homonoia standing facing, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae in her left; L A (date) across field; to left, pellet. Dattari (Savio) 5923; Köln 3280; K&G 120.9. Very Fine.(7.97gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AE 23mm of Aradus, Phoenicia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Dated CY 375 (AD 116/7). Draped bust of Astarte-Europa to right; before, small laureate head of Trajan to right / EOT (date) above, APAΔIΩN beneath bull charging to left; Phoenician letter before. RPC III 3821; Rouvier 407; BMC 374. 8.14gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Decapolis, Petra AE 13mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Crossed cornucopiae. RPC III, 4098B; Sofaer 1. 1.41gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄΑ] ΦΑΥϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Bundle of three barley-ears, NT BO across field; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 6365 (temporary); Kindler 11; Rosenberger 11; Spijkerman 15; Sofaer 15. 2.12gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
