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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LOT 3043
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Elagabalus AE 19mm of Charachmoba, Arabia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤW]ΝΙΝΟ, laureate head to right; star before / XA-PAX-[...], platform with steps leading up to it, on which is column flanked by baetyls; to right, priest seated to left. Cf. RPC VI, 9365 (temporary); cf. Rosenberger 2; Sofaer 3 var. (bust). 6.32gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 24mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Struck AD 202. [ANT]ONINO AVGVS[TO], laureate head to right / COL HEL, turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to left; palm frond and cornucopia to right. Sawaya 270-279 (D51/R–; unrecorded rev. die); BMC 12; SNG Copenhagen 431. 8.64gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Green and brown patina; cleaning and smoothing marks.
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Lydia, Maeonia AE 19mm. Time of Trajan Decius, AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Branching vine with large trunk and two grape bunches / MAIO-NΩN, Hercules standing facing, head to right, holding cornucopia and lion skin with his right hand, and leaning his left on club. RPC IX -; GRPC Lydia, 72; SNG Hunterian 1989. 3.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare. Dark brown patina with orange-sandy highlights. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
