LOT 3051
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Dated RY 4 (AD 288/9). Α Κ ΜA ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L Δ (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76037; Dattari (Savio) 5833; Emmett 4093.4. Near Very Fine.(8.09gr, 19mm, 11h.).
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. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE 29mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244-249.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / [COL IVL AVG FEL I O M H COL HEL (Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Iupiter Optimus Maximus Colonia Heliopolitana)], view of the propylaeum (entrance) of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus; a flight of steps with a pedestal at each end leads to a portico of twelve columns with a tower at each end and cypress tree beneath central arch. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 6514; Sawaya series 51, 570-9. 13.22gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75901; Dattari (Savio) 5622; Emmett 4025. 7.73gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
