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.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Tridrachm of Bostra(?), Arabia. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Struck AD 112-114. ΔΗΜΑΡΧΙΚHC ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟC ς (Tribunitia Potestas Consul VI) issue. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from behind / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς, aquila between two signa; that to the left surmounted by wreath, that to the right by hand. RPC III 4059 (Arabian mint); Metcalf, Tell Kalak 10; Sydenham, Caesarea 226. 9.54gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE 20mm of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 222-235.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
AYT K M A C ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MHT KOΛ ЄΔЄϹCHΝΩN, the Tyche of Edessa seated to left on rock, holding ears of grain; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VI 7852 (temporary) var. (obverse legend). 6.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Struck AD 242. AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β; eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to right, head to left. RPC VII.2 3520; Prieur 302; McAlee 874. 11.94gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
