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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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. -
Trebonianus Gallus AE Octassarion or 8 Assaria of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Tyche seated facing, with river-god Orontes at feet, within portable tetrastyle shrine; above, ram leaping to right, head to left; Δ Є across upper fields, S C below. RPC IX 1851; McAlee 1181. 17.77gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dated RY 14 (AD 129/30). Laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / Three grain ears; L IΔ (date) across fields. RPC III 5766; Dattari (Savio) 7862; Emmett 1176.14; K&G -. 1.29gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
