LOT 3059
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
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). Good Very Fine. Very rare.(6.96gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. 59-62 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.75gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Bristol gentleman. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated RY 9 (AD 293/4). ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ЄNATOY L (date) in three lines within laurel wreath. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76630; Köln 3334; Dattari (Savio) 6000; K&G 120.82; Emmett 4161.9. 6.34gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 26mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £42
IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 10.31gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
