LOT 3045
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L A (date) in left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75888; Dattari (Savio) 5669; Emmett 4046. Very Fine.(6.92gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Valerian I AE 34mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-260.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝ-ΟC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄΛЄΥΚ below, ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΚΑ- around, -ΛΥΚΑΔ-ΝΩ in two lines above, draped busts of Artemis-Tyche wearing kalathos, cornucopia over shoulder on right and laureate Apollo on left, facing each other; branch between. RPC X Online unassigned ID 60507. 14.49gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.90gr, 16mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE 24mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. 12.61gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
