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Details
LOT 3272
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3).
ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L in right field, ЄΝΑΤΟΥ (date) in left field, Δ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76462; Dattari (Savio) 5675; Emmett 4046. Very Fine.(7.76gr, 20mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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