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LOT 3041
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 / Dikaiosyne seated to left, holding scales and cornucopia; L A (date) in upper left field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75887; Köln 3201; Dattari (Savio) 5653; K&G 119.3; Emmett 4034.1. Near Very Fine.(7.23gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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