LOT 3053
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8). Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopiae; L Γ (date) across field. RPC X, Unassigned ID 76002; Köln 3292; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 120.27; Emmett 4141.3. Near Very Fine.(8.19gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 30mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, tetrastyle gateway with central arch surmounted by figure with raised right hand, riding lion or panther to right; below arch, figure of Marsyas standing to right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder. BMC 192; Rouvier 572. 17.27gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Struck AD 202. [ANT]ONINO AVGVS[TO], laureate head to right / COL HEL, turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to left; palm frond and cornucopia to right. Sawaya 270-279 (D51/R–; unrecorded rev. die); BMC 12; SNG Copenhagen 431. 8.64gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Green and brown patina; cleaning and smoothing marks.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod IV Philip, with Augustus AE 21mm. 4 BCE-34 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi) mint. Dated RY 16 of Herod IV (12/13 CE). [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ] ΣΕΒΑ[ΣΤΩ], laureate head to right; c/m: Φ (?) in circular incuse / [ΦΙΛΙΠΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡ]ΧΟΥ (retrograde), tetrastyle Augusteum of Panias; [L Iς] (date) between columns. RPC I 4942; Meshorer 99; Hendin 1223b. 6.93gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
