LOT 3054
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Dated RY 5 (AD 289/0). Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 88733; Dattari (Savio) 10734; Emmett 4147.5. Very Fine.(7.78gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE 27mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Struck AD 241-244. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, temple with four columns enclosing bust of Astarte wearing turreted crown and flanked on each side by cornucopiae and aquilae; on roof, Neptune abducting Beroe flanked by two Victories holding wreath; pellet in pediment; in exergue, lion advancing to right. RPC VII.2, 3558; BMC 236-9; SNG Copenhagen 122. 12.53gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Dated "New Holy Year" 4 (AD 71/2). AYTOKPAT • KAIΣΑ • OYEΣΠΑΣIANOY, laureate head to right / ETOYΣ Δ IEPOY (date), eagle standing to left on club, with wings displayed; palm frond to left. RPC II 1950; McAlee 338; Prieur 116. 15.69gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
