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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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8). Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopiae; L Γ (date) across field. RPC X, Unassigned ID 76002; Köln 3292; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 120.27; Emmett 4141.3. 8.19gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Augustus AE 19mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Died AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck under Trajan, AD 99-102. DIVOS AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / Two military standards, each surmounted by eagle and two signa; COL V above, BER VIII between. RPC III 3836; Rouvier 497. 7.17gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE Minim. 1st-3rd centuries CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Turreted head of Tyche to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger 17. 1.65gr, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
