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LOT 2870
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 4114.2. Near Extremely Fine.(6.53gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gallienus AE 25mm of Hierapolis, Phrygia. AD 253-268. Homonoia issue with Smyrna.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥ • Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ-ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ΖΜΥΡΝЄΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΥΑ(sic) two prize urns inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚYΝΑ(sic) ΑϹΙΑϹ on base with palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63177; cf. Franke & Nollé 912-914 corr. (inscribed crowns). 6.42gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.84gr, 16mm, 11h.
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): £20
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜ[ΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eusebeia standing facing, head to left, holding incense box and sacrificing over altar at her feet to left; in upper left field, star; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76022; Dattari (Savio) 5893. 7.50gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
