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LOT 2851
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 6 (AD 280/1).
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings spread, with wreath in beak; L ς (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75804; Dattari (Savio) 5557; Emmett 3982.6. Near Very Fine.(6.76gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕധΝ ΚΟΙΛΗC CΥΡΙΑC, laureate head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin tied around his neck. RPC III, 4092; Sofaer 14-15; Spijkerman 12. 8.28gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Domitian AE 23mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. Struck circa AD 83. Judaea Capta issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[DOMITIA]NVS CAES [AVG GERMANICVS IMP], laureate head to left / Athena-Minerva standing to left, supporting trophy and holding spear and shield. RPC II 2305; Hendin GBC 6, 6482; Hendin GBC 5, 1455; TJC 392; Sofaer 27-9. 8.96gr, 23mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 6.84gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
