LOT 3524
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 286/7).
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to right / Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; [star?] in right field; ЄTOYC Γ (date) around. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 75977; cf. Köln 3233; cf. Dattari (Savio) 5760. Very Fine. Dark green patina.(6.33gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Commodus AE 20mm of Capitolias, Decapolis. Dated CY 93 (AD 189/190).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A Κ Μ Α ΚΟΜΟΔ, bare head to right / ΚΑΠΙΤധΛ ΙЄ ΓϞ (date), Dionysus, nude, standing facing, head to left, crossing legs, holding kantharos with right hand and long thyrsus with left. RPC IV.3 6561 var. (laureate head); Spijkerman 12 var. (same); Rosenberger 12 var. (same); Sofaer 10 corr. (laureate). 5.81gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Pierced. Extremely rare issue. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Heritage World Coin Auctions, Sale 3018, 20378; wrongly attributed).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE 26mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / СE ΑΒΙΛΗΝΩΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ СΥ, nude Heracles seated to left on rock, resting right arm on club, and left arm on rock; ЄΚC (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 8369 (temporary); Spijkerman -. 13.41gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 72/3).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L E (date) to right. RPC II 2438; Köln 296; Dattari (Savio) 384; K&G 20.39; Emmett 217.5. 9.85gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Light green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
