LOT 3043
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6). A K Γ OYAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre; L B (date) to right; at feet, eagle standing to left, head to right. Köln 3222; Dattari (Savio) 5774; K&G 119.24; Emmett 4087.2. Near Very Fine.(7,59gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III AE 25mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΔPIANOΠ-OΛЄITΩN, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and branch. Youroukova 515; Varbanov 3709 corr. (obv. legend). 9.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Nilus seated to left on rock, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; below, crocodile to right; L Iς (date) in two lines to left. RPC III 5791; Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. 26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AE 23mm of Aradus, Phoenicia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Dated CY 375 (AD 116/7). Draped bust of Astarte-Europa to right; before, small laureate head of Trajan to right / EOT (date) above, APAΔIΩN beneath bull charging to left; Phoenician letter before. RPC III 3821; Rouvier 407; BMC 374. 8.14gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
