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LOT 3270
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate head to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5641; Emmett 4087. Very Fine.(6.41gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nero AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head to left / Large S C within laurel-wreath. Cf. RPC 4298. 13.95gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE 26mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ(ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AΔPIANOΠOΛЄITΩN, Demeter standing to left, holding ears of corn and torch. RPC VII.2, 700. 8.57gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Titus as Caesar, with Agrippa II AE 23mm of Tiberias, Judaea. Dated RY 14 of Agrippa II's second era (AD 73/4).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
ΑΥΤΟ TI[TOC] KAICAP CЄΒ, laureate head to right / L IΔ (date) BA[...] AΓΡI-ΠΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Cf. RPC II 2248; cf. Hendin 1303; cf. Meshorer 138. 14.36gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
