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LOT 3048
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Dated RY 3 (AD 286/7). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; star in upper left field, ЄTOYC Γ (date) around. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75978; Dattari (Savio) 5759; Emmett 4082. Good Very Fine.(7.34gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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