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LOT 2872
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
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. Near Extremely Fine.(7.50gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 16 (AD 112).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right with closed wings; to lower left, club / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ Ις YΠAT ς, laureate bust of Melqart-Herakles to right, wearing lion skin tied around his neck. McAlee 461; Prieur 1516. 13.88gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE 16mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙ[...], laureate head to right / Ν • ΤΡΑ ΒΟC-ΤΡΑ, camel walking to right. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3983 (temporary); cf. Kindler 21; cf. Rosenberger 23. 2.82gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus, as Caesar AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
TITOΣ KA-IΣAP, laureate head right / ΓAΔA-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, L ZΛP (date) above. RPC II, 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 3.66gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
