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LOT 2874
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 288/9).
Α Κ ΜA ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L Δ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76037; Dattari (Savio) 5833; Emmett 4093.4. Good Very Fine.(6.78gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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): £46
IOYΛIA K[AICAPOC], 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. 2.21gr, 16mm, 10h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XX Cos VI (AD 116).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; club to left / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ Κ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, with lion's skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3560; Prieur 1521 (Tyre); McAlee 466. 13.78gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Very rare, only two known to Prieur, and four specimens cited by RPC Online.
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Antoninus PIus AE 22mm of Nysa-Scythopolis, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥ]ΤOΚ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝO[Ϲ ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹЄ], laureate head to right / ΝΥϹΑ Ϲ ΚOI ϹΥΡΙΑϹ, Dionysus standing to left with legs crossed, holding cantharus and thyrsus; to left, panther seated to left, head to right. RPC IV.3 Online 6465 (temporary); Barkay 15; Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 11; Sofaer 15. 9.26gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
