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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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Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis AE 17mm. 2nd-3rd century AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAPKIA-NOΠOΛIC, veiled and turreted bust of Tyche to right / MAPKIAN-OΠOΛIT-ΩN, Cybele seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting arm on drum. H&J, Marcianopolis 6.0.31.2. 4.40gr, 17mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 28mm of Tomis, Moesia Inferior. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M IOVΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip to right, facing draped bust of Serapis to left / MHTPOΠ ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Tyche standing facing, holding sceptre and cornucopia; at feet, right, Pontus Euxinus (personification of the Black Sea), swimming to right, crab claws on head. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 28158; AMNG 3613. 14.80gr, 28mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Tacitus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 275/6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A K KΛ TAKITOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; ЄTOVC A (date) to left and right. Köln 3113; Dattari (Savio) 5520; K&G 110.1; Emmett 3974.1. 8.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
