LOT 3482
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Α Κ ΜA ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75957; SNG Copenhagen 1023. Good Very Fine.(7.44gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3482
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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Troas, Alexandria Troas AE 'As'. Time of Trebonianus Gallus to Valerian I, AD 251-260. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CO ALEX TRO, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, with vexillum inscribed CO AV in two lines behind / COL AVG TROADE, Herakles standing facing, head to right, resting his right hand on hip and leaning left on club set on rock; to left, bow and quiver. RPC IX 533 = SNG von Aulock 1464 = Bellinger A484. 4.13gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; apparently the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 13mm. Circa AD 120-175. Agora Periods VB and C. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena with traces of drapery to right / ΑΘΗΝΑΙ, owl perching to left, in olive-tree; tree entwined by serpent. RPC IV.1 Online 10751 (temporary); Kroll, Agora 225; Svoronos, Athens 89.23. 1.42gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one specimen cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Saitta AE 17mm. Circa AD 100-218. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Turreted head of Tyche to right / ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ, nude figure of Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and bow. GRPC Lydia 6; RPC IV.2 Online 1402 (temporary); BMC 3. 3.49gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired from Papillon Numismatic. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 81, 25 February 2021, lot 485. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
