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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Uranius Antoninus AE 30mm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-254.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Dated CY 565 (AD 253/4). ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [ЄΜΙϹΩΝ] ΚΟΛΩΝ, temple with six columns enclosing Baetyl of El-Gabal, ornamented with facing eagle, between two umbrellas; crescent on pediment; staircase leading to the stone. ЄΞΦ (date) in exergue. RPC IX 1926; Baldus 36; R. Delbrueck, "Uranius of Emesa," NC (1948), Series I, 2; SNG Hunterian 3174; BMC 24. 20.25gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
One of the most famous sacred stones was the Baetyl of Emesa, in Syria. This was a large, black conical stone sacred to the god Ilāh ha-Gabal (“God of the Mountain”), known to the Romans as El-Gabal or Elagabalus. -
Domitian, with Agrippa II AE 24mm of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. 81-96 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dated RY 24(?) of Agrippa II (83/4 CE). ΔΟΜΙΤΙ[ΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], laureate head to right / [...] ΒΑϹΙ [...], Nike standing to right, left foot on helmet, writing on shield resting on knee. Cf. RPC II 2278. 9.19gr, 24mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated RY 6 (AD 274/5). [Α] Κ Λ ΔΟΜ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings closed, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm frond; ЄTOVC ς (date) around. RPC X Unassigned ID 75743; Köln 3095; Dattari (Savio) 5488; K&G 106.55; Emmett 3927.6. 6.85gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
