LOT 2932
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 249-251.
Struck AD 249. AYTOK K ΓAI MЄ KYIN ΔЄKKIOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm branch, spread wings, holding wreath in beak; S C below. Prieur 500; McAlee 1106. Near Very Fine.(10.35gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 2932
Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Struck AD 112-114. ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚHC ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟC ς (Tribunitia Potestas Consul VI) issue. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς, aquila between two signa; that to the left surmounted by wreath, that to the right by hand. RPC III 4059 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Tell Kalak 10; Sydenham, Caesarea 226. 9.54gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Claudius AE 24mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 41-54.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[TI CLAVD C]AESAR AVG • GERM • IMP, bare head to right / COL • IVL, founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 4545; Sawaya 374-82 var. (D79/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 507. 14.10gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3). ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L in right field, ЄΝΑΤΟΥ (date) in left field, Δ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76462; Dattari (Savio) 5675; Emmett 4046. 7.76gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
