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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LOT 3044
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Trajan Decius BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Struck AD 249. AYTOK K ΓAI MЄ KYIN ΔЄKKIOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing to left on palm branch, spread wings, holding wreath in beak; S C below. Prieur 500; McAlee 1106. 10.35gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Nesyt Nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right with slight drapery on left shoulder / NE-CY-T, Isis-Hatmehit standing facing, head to left, wearing basileion, holding ram and goat in each hand; L IA (date) to right. RPC III 6505; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 6322; K&G N34.3; Emmett 1249.11 (R3). 4.57gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
