LOT 3017
Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt. AD 14-37.
Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9). Bare head to right / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ, hippopotamus standing to right; L E (date) in exergue. RPC I 5082; Dattari (Savio) 101; Köln 47; K&G 5.5; Emmett 62.5 corr. (hippopotamus standing to left). Near Very Fine.(5.40gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3017
Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8). Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopiae; L Γ (date) across field. RPC X, Unassigned ID 76002; Köln 3292; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 120.27; Emmett 4141.3. 8.19gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Menophilus), legatus consularis. Struck AD 238-241. AYT • K • Μ • ΑΝΤ • ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left / VΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟV (MH ligate) ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-staff, E (mark of value) to right. Varbanov 1955. 14.16gr, 28mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE 22mm of Aradus, Phoenicia. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
Dated CY 365 (AD 106/7). Laureate head to right / Goddess seated on rudder to left, wearing kalathos, holding end of rudder and cornucopia; to right, Phoenician letter; ΕΞΤ (date) in upper left field, ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ below. Cf. RPC III 3814. 7.61gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
