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LOT 2875
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 289/90).
Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing to left, raising her right arm and holding double cornucopia; to right, star; L Є (date) in two lines to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 76069. Very fine.(8.07gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Titus, as Caesar AE 16mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 135 (AD 71/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
TITOΣ KAI-[ΣAP], laureate head to right / ΓAΔAPA, veiled head of Tyche to right; L EΛP (date) to right. RPC II, 2095; Spijkerman 27; Rosenberger 33. 3.88gr, 16mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE. Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. 10.94gr, 25mm.
Countermarks: Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Salonina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 265/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
KOPNHΛIA CAΛωNEINA CEB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / L ΙΓ (date) to right of eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak, upright palm branch in left field. Milne 4122; Emmett 3753. 9.43gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
