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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Trajan AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 107/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ [ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ], laureate head to right / Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club with right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm; L I-A (date) across upper fields. RPC III 4264; Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 915; K&G 27.134; Emmett 679.11 (R5). 4.66gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II AE 24mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. 8.93gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
