LOT 2824
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Dated RY 1 (AD 284/285). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche reclining to left on lectisternium, holding rudder and propping head on hand; L A (date) above. Köln 3208; Dattari (Savio) 5766 var. (obv. legend); K&G 119.8; Emmett 4083.1. Good Very Fine.(9.40gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
From the Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd (dealer's ticket included).
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021, lot 630 (expertly preserved since), dealer's ticket included.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 84 , 8 October 2023, lot 289 (dealer's ticket included).
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Hadrian AE 32mm of the Koinon of Bithynia. Circa AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Uncertain Koinon mint, possibly Nicomedia. AVT KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / KOI-NON BEIΘH(?)NIAC, octastyle temple on podium of two steps, pellet between middle columns, figure in the pediment; below, prow. Cf. RPC III, 1017; cf. RG 38. 20.93gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 37mm of Tralleis, Lydia AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Struck circa AD 161-165. ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΟΣ, ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ (Euarestos, grammateus). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [ЄΠΙ] ΓΡΑ ЄΥ-ΑΡЄϹ[ΤΟΥ] ΤΡΑΛ[ΛΙΑΝΩΝ] ('under the grammateus Euarestos, of the Trallians'), Heracles, nude, seated to left on rock covered with lion skin, holding patera (or apple) in right hand, and resting his left on club. RPC IV.2, 2882 (temporary); GRPC 222. 25.35gr, 37mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 21mm of Metropolis, Ionia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
M IOY • ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHTPO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20411; SNG BnF 1652; SNG Copenhagen 933. 4.58gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
