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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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Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤ⟒ΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L ΔЄΚΑΤΟV (date), Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing to right. RPC IV.4, 999; Dattari (Savio) 2666; Emmett 1590.10; K&G 35.360. 22.82gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Titus, as Caesar, AE 16mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[TITOΣ KAIΣ]AP, laureate head to right / [ΓAΔA]-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, [L] Z[ΛP] (date) above. RPC II 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 4.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia AE 3 Units of Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi), Judaea. Struck under Nero, AD 65-68.
Estimate: £160 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £85
DIVA POP-PAEA AVG, statue of Diva Poppaea seated to left within distyle temple set on high podium / [DIVA CLAVD] NER F, statue of Diva Claudia standing to left on basis within hexastyle temple set on high podium. RPC I 4846; Meshorer 354; Sofaer 87. 7.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
