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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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Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 240.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC VII.2, 3488; McAlee 860; Prieur 282. 11.44gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Julia Domna AE 26mm of Heliopolis, Coele-Syria. Struck under Septimius Severus, AD 198.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IVL ΔOM-NΛ ΛVG, draped bust to right / GET CAE AN[T AVG], Caracalla and Geta, both togate, standing facing each other, clasping hands CHL in two lines between. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 84891. 10.07gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 289/90).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing to left, raising her right arm and holding double cornucopia; to right, star; L Є (date) in two lines to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 76069. 8.07gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
