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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Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated RY 2 (AD 276/7). A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis standing to left, holding flower and raising hem of dress; L B (date) in left field. Köln 3128; Dattari (Savio) 5533; K&G 112.8; Emmett 3987. 7.50gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severina, Augusta BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated RY 6 of Aurelian (AD 274/5). OVΛΠ CЄVHPINA CЄB, draped bust to right / ЄTOVC S (date), eagle standing to left with wings closed, head to right, holding wreath in beak. Dattari (Savio) 5506; Geissen 3103; Emmett 3966. 8.15gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
