LOT 3044
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3). ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L in right field, ЄΝΑΤΟΥ (date) in left field, Δ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76462; Dattari (Savio) 5675; Emmett 4046. Very Fine.(7.76gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt. AD 14-37.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9). Bare head to right / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ, hippopotamus standing to right; L E (date) in exergue. RPC I 5082; Dattari (Savio) 101; Köln 47; K&G 5.5; Emmett 62.5 corr. (hippopotamus standing to left). 5.40gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Sardeis AE 15mm. Time of Nero, AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΤΙ. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΜΝΑΣΕΑΣ (Ti. Claudius Mnaseas), strategos. Struck circa AD 65. Pseudo-autonomous issue. ЄΠI TI MNACЄOY CAPΔIANΩN, laurate head of Herakles to right, with lion's skin draped around his neck / CЄΒΑCΤΗ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. RPC I 3010; GRPC Lydia 264; SNG Copenhagen 504. 2.23gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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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.
