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LOT 2877
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). 2nd officina.
ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis standing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with her left; L H (date) across fields, B in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76468; Dattari (Savio) 5881. Good Very Fine.(7.68gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Commodus AE 18mm of Canatha, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΝΤΟΝΟϹ(sic) ΚΟΜΟϹ(sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΓΑΒΙ ΚΑΝΑΘ, bust of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis. RPC IV.3 Online 6546 (temporary); Spijkerman 8; Sofaer 6-7. 2.29gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE 17mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
KAI M O ΔI ANTΩNINO[...], bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right / S • C; Δ above Є below; all within wreath fastened with star. Cf, RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 86832; cf. McAlee 745. 5.03gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 18mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-212.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Π CЄΠTI ΓЄTAC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Thanatos standing slightly to left, with legs crossed and leaning upon inverted torch set upon altar. Varbanov 1110; H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.22.41.2. 3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
