LOT 3465
Maximinus I Potin Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 235-238.
Dated RY 1 (AD 234/5). ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L Α (date), Serapis standing facing, head to right, resting on sceptre. RPC VI, 10664 (temporary); Dattari (Savio) 4594. Good Very Fine.(13.36gr, 25mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman;
From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
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Divus Augustus (or Tiberius?) AE 22mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. Circa AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΘEOΣ KAΙΣAP ΣEBΑΣTOΣ, bare head to right / Artemis Tauropolos on bull advancing to right, holding billowing veil over head; AMΦΙΠOΛITΩN below. RPC I, 1635; Varbanov 3110; AMNG 72; BMC 74. 8.33gr, 22mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Philip II, as Caesar AE 28mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
MARC IVL PHILIPPOS CESAR, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA, wreath containing AKTIA ΔOVCAPIA in three lines. Sofaer 54; Kindler 46a; Spijkerman 60; Rosenberger 52. 13.24gr, 28mm, 1h
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE 23mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck circa AD 239-241. IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysus standing facing, head to left, holding nebris over shoulder, rhyton and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing to left, head to right. RPC VII.2, 3551; BMC 245; SNG Copenhagen 125. 8.86gr, 23mm, 1h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
