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LOT 3269
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
A K Γ OYAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre; L B (date) to right; at feet, eagle standing to left, head to right. Köln 3222; Dattari (Savio) 5774; K&G 119.24; Emmett 4087.2. Near Very Fine.(7,59gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gordian III and Tranquillina AE 34mm of Singara, Mesopotamia. Struck AD 241-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right / AVP CEΠ K-OΛ CINΓA[PA], Tyche seated to left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming to left below. BMC 13; SNG Copenhagen 257; Lindgren & Kovacs 2627. 24.99gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Gordian III AE 18mm of Nicaea, Bithynia. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[M ANT Γ]ΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / N I K A [IEΩN], four legionary standards; the centre two topped with capricorns(?), the outer two, topped with crowns. Cf. RPC VII.2, 1968; cf. Rec Gen 715. 3.33gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Caracalla AE 15mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AV KЄC ANTΩN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / NIKOΠOΛIT ΠPOC ICTPO, bunch of grapes. Varbanov 2949 var. (bust and legends). 2.41gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
