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LOT 2848
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
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. Near Very Fine.(7.36gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Judaea, Legionary Countermarks AE 25mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE. Sebaste or Aelia Capitolina mint. Legio X Fretensis issue.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Flavian bust to right / Two c/m's over uncertain host coin: LXF (for Legio X Fretensis) above boar advancing to right within rectangular incuse and galley to right within rectangular incuse. Hendin 1609; for countermarks: Howgego 291 and 409. 10.94gr, 25mm.
Countermarks: Near Very Fine.
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector (collector's and Forum Ancient Coins' ticket included). -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2). 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet, eagle; L H (date) across fields, A in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76427; Dattari (Savio) 5781-2. 6.29gr, 19mm, 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. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate (and cuirassed?) bust to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. Cf. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; cf. Dattari (Savio) 5641; cf. Emmett 4087.8. 7.43gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
