LOT 3526
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3). 1st or 4th officina.
ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Elpis advancing to left, holding lotus flower and lifting hem of dress; L ENATOY (date) around, A or Δ (officina) in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76463 or 76462; Dattari (Savio) 5674 or 5675. Very Fine. Dark green patina.(8.49gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Mysia, Pergamon AE 17mm. Time of Trajan or Hadrian(?), AD 98-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΘЄΟΝ ΣΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ, draped bust of Senate to right / ΘΕΑΝ ΡΩΜΗΝ, draped bust of Roma to right; crescent before. RPC III 1750; BMC 212-13. 2.82gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan Decius AE 27mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 249-251 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C MES [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [...] CAES METR, eagle standing to left, head turned to right, with open wings, supporting wreath with bust of Tyche to right. Cf. RPC IX 2068; cf. Kadman, Caesarea 129-130. 18.38gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Earthen brown patina, some roughness.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Mostene AE 25mm. Circa AD 169-180. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΘЄA PΩMH, helmetted and draped bust of Roma to right; spear to right; c/m: male head to left / MOCTHNΩN ΛVΔΩN, tripod; two palm fronds above. RPC IV.2 Online 17164 (temporary); Hochard 1364. 7.89gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
