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LOT 2852
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Date RY 7 (AD 281/2).
A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in its beak; L Z (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75807; Dattari (Savio) 5555; Emmett 3984.7. Near Very Fine.(6.03gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia AE 3 Units of Caesarea Panias (Caesarea Philippi), Judaea. Struck under Nero, AD 65-68.
Estimate: £160 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £85
DIVA POP-PAEA AVG, statue of Diva Poppaea seated to left within distyle temple set on high podium / [DIVA CLAVD] NER F, statue of Diva Claudia standing to left on basis within hexastyle temple set on high podium. RPC I 4846; Meshorer 354; Sofaer 87. 7.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ Α]ΔΡΙ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ in three lines within wreath. RPC III, 4103; Spijkerman 12; BMC 10. 3.23gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜ[ΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eusebeia standing facing, head to left, holding incense box and sacrificing over altar at her feet to left; in upper left field, star; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76022; Dattari (Savio) 5893. 7.50gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
