LOT 3251
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 115/6).
[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. Near Very Fine.(13.72gr, 25mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head; L A (date) in upper left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75893; Dattari (Savio) 5766; Emmett 4083.1. 7.91gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good 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 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, to right, and Serapis, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ-ΩΝ, Dionysus standing to left, holding kantharos over panther and long thyrsos; E (mark of value) to upper left. RPC VII.2, 1364; AMNG 1147. 13.64gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Marcus Aurelius and Luvius Verus AE 29mm of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), Judaea. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP CAES ANToNINo [ET VERo AVG], confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, each laureate, draped, and cuirassed / CoL AEL CAP, Tyche-Astarte standing to left, foot on uncertain object, holding bust and sceptre, within tetrastyle temple façade with central arch. RPC IV.3, 6413 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 52; Rosenberger -; Sofaer 51. 17.09gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
