LOT 3252
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 20 (AD 116/7).
ΑVΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ, radiate bust to right, with aegis over far shoulder; star in right field / Bust of Nilus to right, wearing taenia, cornucopia at shoulder; L K (date) across fields. RPC III, 4919; Dattari (Savio) 6866-7; Emmett 387.20. Good Very Fine.(12.82gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Uncertain Mint, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α [...], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΔΗΜΑ[...]ΟϹ ΤΟ Β, eagle standing to right, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; Δ Є flanking head, star between legs. Cf. RPC VI Online 7949 (Uncertain mint); cf. Prieur 249 (Emesan Issues). 12.50gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 109.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Є, eagle with spread wings standing facing on club, head to left; to right, palm frond. RPC III, 3532; McAlee 437 (Tyre); Prieur 1494 (Tyre). 13.09gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus AE 26mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218. ΣΤΑ. ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟΣ (Statius Longinus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
AYT K M OΠEΛΛI CEV [MAKP]EINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / YΠ CT[A ΛONΓINOY NIKOΠ]OΛITΩN ΠPOC I, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and bow. H&J, Nikopolis 8.23.7.6; AMNG 1735; Varbanov 3435. 11.50gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
