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LOT 2787
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XX Cos VI (AD 116).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; club to left / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ Κ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules to right, with lion's skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3560; Prieur 1521 (Tyre); McAlee 466. Good Fine. Very rare, only two known to Prieur, and four specimens cited by RPC Online.(13.78gr, 25mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Macrinus BI Tetradrachm of Beroea, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AYT K M OΠ CЄ MAKPINOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC Π Π, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, B-Є flanking wind animal facing. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 80443; Bellinger 87; Prieur 896. 13.21gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 289/90).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing to left, raising her right arm and holding double cornucopia; to right, star; L Є (date) in two lines to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 76069. 8.07gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ЄTOYC Є in two lines within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75734; Köln 3090; Dattari (Savio) 5467. 7.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
