LOT 3042
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2). ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5641; Emmett 4087. Very Fine.(6.41gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Dated CY 281 (AD 218). [ΑΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ[ΟϹ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕWΝ A[Π]C (date), galley to left with rowers; at stern, navigator; at prow, figure standing and holding standard. RPC VI Online 9255; Spijkerman 85; Rosenberger 79; Sofaer 91. 16.87gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julia Augusta (Livia) AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Struck under Augustus 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Dated RY 42 (AD 12/13) Draped bust to right / Athena standing facing, head to left, holding Nike in her extended right hand, left hand on grounded shield; L MB (date) across fields. RPC I 5072; Köln 45; Dattari (Savio) 63; K&G 3.16; Emmett 53.42 (R4). 7.17gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Black patina. Extremely rare, only three examples recorded in RPC.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Procurators. Marcus Ambibulus AE Prutah. 9-12 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
KAICA-POC, grain ear / Palm tree; uncertain date across fields. Cf. RPC II, 4955; cf. Sofaer 3-5. 1.72gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
