LOT 3506
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3(?) (AD 277/8).
A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle, with wings spread and wreath in beak, standing to left, head to right; L Γ(?) (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75781; Geissen 31313; Dattari (Savio) 5560. Near Very Fine.(7.38gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diadumenian, as Caesar BI Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, Judaea. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
[Μ Ο]Π ΑΝΤധΝ ΚΑΙ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ, eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail to right, with wings spread and holding wreath in beak; wine jug between legs. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 83645; Bellinger 360; Meshorer 100; Prieur 1649. 12.30gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited on RPC Online.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 26mm of Sepphoris, Judaea. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟ-ΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΕΔΩΚΕΝ, laureate head to right / ΣΕΠΦΩΡΗΝΩΝ in two lines within wreath. RPC III, 3936; BMC 1; De Saulcy 1; Rosenberger 3; Sofaer 1. 14.85gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 (AD 247).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOVCIAC VΠA TO Γ, eagle standing to left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29006; McAlee 923; Prieur 373. 12.26gr, 27mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
