LOT 3040
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 284-305.
Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6). Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75911; Dattari (Savio) 5645; Emmett 4033. Near Very Fine.(6.55gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. 15-26 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. In the name Julia Augusta (Livia). Dated RY 2 of Tiberius (15/6 CE). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ in two lines within wreath / Upright branch; L B (date) flanking. RPC I, 4959; Meshorer 317; Hendin 6362. 1.67gr, 17mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8). Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopiae; L Γ (date) across field. RPC X, Unassigned ID 76002; Köln 3292; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 120.27; Emmett 4141.3. 8.19gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AE 33mm of Plotinopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
AYT K M AVP CЄVH ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate head to right / ΠΛΩTЄINO-ΠOΛЄITΩN, youthful hero or emperor on horseback to right, holding transverse spear. Moushmov -; Varbanov 1851 var. (bust and obverse legend). 19.05gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 582).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
