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 AE 22mm of Aradus, Phoenicia. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £18
Dated CY 365 (AD 106/7). Laureate head to right / Goddess seated on rudder to left, wearing kalathos, holding end of rudder and cornucopia; to right, Phoenician letter; ΕΞΤ (date) in upper left field, ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ below. Cf. RPC III 3814. 7.61gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. [IOYΛIA KAICAPOC], three bound grain ears / [TIBЄPIOY] KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.60gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius AE 24mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 41-54.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
[TI CLAVD C]AESAR AVG • GERM • IMP, bare head to right / COL • IVL, founder plowing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 4545; Sawaya 374-82 var. (D79/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 507. 14.10gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
