LOT 3046
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.(7.47gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3046
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Domitian AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Struck AD 81/3. IMP DOMITI[ANVS CAES AVG], laureate head to left / S C, dot below; all within wreath. RPC II 2023; cf. McAlee 409b. 13.14gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Struck AD 112-114. AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head to right, with slight drapery over far shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ ΥΠATO Ϛ (''tribune of the people, consul for the sixth time''), aquila between two signa; wreath on left signum and hand on right signum. RPC III 4055; Metcalf 9. 9.76gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander, as Caesar AE 26mm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 221-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
M AVR ALEXANDRVS CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL AVR PIA MET[RO SID] (Colonia Aurelia Pia Metropolis Sidon), three standards with aquilae. RPC VI 8532 (temporary). 10.17gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited in RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
