Details
LOT 3525
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, eagle standing to left, head to right; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5777; Emmett 4087.8. Very Fine. Olive green patina with brown highlights.(6.63gr, 20mm,12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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