LOT 3058
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Dated RY 7 (AD 291/2). ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; L Z (date) across field, Γ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76447; Geissen -; Dattari 5852. Good Very Fine.(6.64gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Antonius Felix AE Prutah. 52-59 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 14 of Claudius (54 CE). In the name of Claudius and Agrippina Junior. ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓЄΡΜ, two crossed palm branches; L IΔ (date) below / ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ in four lines within wreath. RPC I 4970; TJC 342; Hendin GBC 6, 6376; Hendin GBC 5, 1347. 2.57gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Struck AD 112-114. ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚHC ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟC ς (Tribunitia Potestas Consul VI) issue. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς, aquila between two signa; that to the left surmounted by wreath, that to the right by hand. RPC III 4059 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Tell Kalak 10; Sydenham, Caesarea 226. 9.54gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius, with Lucius Verus AE Diassarion or 2 Assaria of Doliche, Commagene. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Illegible inscription, confronted laureate heads of Marcus Aurelius to left and Lucius Verus to right / ΔOΛIXAIധN A in three lines within wreath. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 8602 (temporary); cf. SNG Copenhagen 12. 10.10gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
