LOT 3480
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. Very Fine.(6.14gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75901; Dattari (Savio) 5622; Emmett 4025. 9.07gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5641; Emmett 4087. 6.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Macrinus AE 27mm of Lamus, Cilicia. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
ΑY[ΤΟΚ]ΡΑΤΟΡΑ Μ [...] ΑΥΡ[Η Μ]ΑΚΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΛΑΜധΤ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΛΑΜധΤΙΔΟϹ], eagle standing facing on cippus or decorated altar, with wings spread, head to right, holding wreath in beak. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 71798; Levante E., The Coinage of Lamus in Cilicia in NC 1982, p. 139, 7; SNG PFPS 884; Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 27, 2223. 9.66gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
