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LOT 3267
Tacitus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 275/6).
A K KΛ TAKITOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; ЄTOVC A (date) to left and right. Köln 3113; Dattari (Savio) 5520; K&G 110.1; Emmett 3974.1. Good Very Fine.(8.22gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 29mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: bust or Herakles-Melkarth to right / SEPTIM TVRO COLO, Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column to left, on her left; at her feet, to left, small Marsyas standing to right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; to right, murex shell. RPC VI, 8674 (temporary); BMC 390; for countermark: GIG 15. 12.96gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 115/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[AVΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ] CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, radiate bust to right, with aegis over shoulder; star in right field / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; L Ι-Θ (date) across fields. RPC III, 4885; Dattari (Savio) 656. 13.72gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Volusian AE 25mm of Damascus, Coele-Syria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP GALLO VOLOSSIANO AVG, laureate bust to right, with slight drapery / COL ΔAMAS METR, Doe standing to right, suckling infant Telephos; [in exergue, head of ram to right]. RPC IX online 1968 var. (ΔAMA). 8.88gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
