LOT 3481
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; star in right field, L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75959; Dattari (Savio) 5875; Emmett 4114. Good Very Fine.(5.90gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3481
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Gaius (Caligula) with Germanicus AE 21mm of Cnossus, Crete. AD 37-41.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
C CAESAR GERMANICVS AVG, bare head of Gaius to right / GERMANICVS CAESAR, bare head of Germanicus to right. RPC I, 999. 5.51gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 23mm of Nysa, Lydia. Circa AD 161-165, probably circa AD 161–163.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[Λ ΑΥΡ Κ]ΑΙϹΑΡ [ΟΥΗΡΟϹ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΝΥϹΑ]-ЄΩΝ, Kore standing to left, holding long sceptre. RPC IV.2 Online 1477 (temporary); Regling, Nysa 107 corr.; BMC 38 corr. 8.03gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ•C • ΠΙ-ΟC • ΑVΓΟVCTOC, laureate head to right / VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝ-ΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛIΤ-Ω-Ν, Tyche standing facing, head to left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar with right hand and holding cornucopia in left. Hristova/Jekov 6.18.36.10a; Varbanov 981. 9.08gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
