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LOT 2873
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
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. Good Fine.(7.46gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan Decius AE 24mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[...] TRA DECIVS A[...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head turned to right, with open wings, supporting wreath with bust of Tyche to right. Cf. RPC IX 2068; cf. Kadman, Caesarea 129-130. 15.50gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 of Antoninus Pius (AD 153/4)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
[Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / Hawk standing to right, crowned with skhent; L I-Z (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 1630; Dattari (Savio) 9074. 3.53gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four examples cited on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Deultum, Thrace. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL FL P-A-C DEVLT, the Three Graces standing nude and embracing. RPC VI Online 740 (temporary); Jurukova, Deultum 107; Staal 30.1.1; Draganov, Deultum 405-9. 9.02gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Severus Numismatics, E-sale 95, lot 711. Property of a London antiquarian.
