LOT 3527
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3). 1st 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 ЄNATOY (date) around, A (officina) in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76463; Dattari (Savio) 5674. Very Fine. Dark brown patina with green highlights.(7.95gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hadrian, raising his right hand in salute and holding long sceptre, seated to left on galley sailing to left, steersman to right; mast with sail on front deck to left, L I-E (date) across upper field. RPC III 5785; Köln 1032; Dattari (Savio) 1582-3; K&G 32.513; Emmett 1127.15. 8.52gr, 25mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE 25mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head to right / Large S C, Θ below; all within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC IV.3 6999 (temporary). 16.21gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Commodus, as Caesar, AE 25mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. AD 166-177.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche enthroned to left, holding phiale. RPC IV.1 Online 4243 (temporary); BMC 115. 10.65gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 733 (company's ticket included). Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 724 (company's ticket included). Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 390, 1 February 2017, lot 318 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian.
