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LOT 2869
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Α Κ ΜA ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75957; SNG Copenhagen 1023. Very Fine.(6.84gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 18mm of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ANTധNI[...], laureate head to right / Sagittarius advancing to right, holding bow and rawing arrow from quiver on shoulder, Δ below. RPC VI Online 7906 (temporary); Lindgren 2614. 4.13gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online.
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Hadrian AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕധΝ ΚΟΙΛΗC CΥΡΙΑC, laureate head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin tied around his neck. RPC III, 4092; Sofaer 14-15; Spijkerman 12. 8.28gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Α Κ Μ Α ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae with her left; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76002; Dattari (Savio) 5927; Emmett 4141.3. 7.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
