LOT 3273
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; star in right field, L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75959; Dattari (Savio) 5875; Emmett 4114. Very Fine.(7.22gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Trajan AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 102-114.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AVTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head to right / Large S C, A below; all within laurel wreath. RPC III 3583; McAlee 487a; BMC 270. 14.55gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tribunicia Potestas XV Consul V (AD 110/11).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΙЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, eagle, with head and tail to left and wings spread, standing facing on club; palm branch to right. RPC III 3538; McAlee 439 (Tyre); Prieur 1504 (Tyre). 13.38gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I AE 30mm of Viminacium, Moesia Superior. Dated CY 8 (AD 246/247).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head to left, extending hands to bull and lion standing at feet on either side; AN VIII (date) in exergue. AMNG I 104; SNG Hungary 322ff. 19.18gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
