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.).
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. -
Philip II AE 27mm of Samosata, Commagene. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AVTOK K M IOVΛΙ ΦIΛIΠ CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΛ CAMOCATЄѠN MHTP KOM, Tyche seated to left on rocks, with eagle perched on arm; river god swimming to right below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 8350; Butcher 32; BMC 62-6. 12.76gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 771. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 215-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑVΤ • ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟC CЄ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ • Δ •, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head to left, with wreath in beak; prow of galley to left between legs. Prieur 1292. 12.39gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
