LOT 2807
Trajan Decius AE 24mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 249-251.
[...] TRA DECIVS A[...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head turned to right, with open wings, supporting wreath with bust of Tyche to right. Cf. RPC IX 2068; cf. Kadman, Caesarea 129-130. Good Fine.(15.50gr, 24mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 of Antoninus Pius (AD 153/4)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
[Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / Hawk standing to right, crowned with skhent; L I-Z (date) across fields. RPC IV.4, 1630; Dattari (Savio) 9074. 3.53gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four examples cited on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ Μ Α ΚΑΡΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising hem of dress; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75851; Dattari (Savio) 5584; Emmett 4007.2. 6.22gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AE 15mm of Anthemusia, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[...]NCI, radiate head to right / ΑΝΘЄ[...], turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right. RPC VI Online 7708; BMC 1; Dandrow Anthemusia 36. 2.25gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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