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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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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left on crocodile, holding cornucopia and reed; Iς (for 16 cubits) above, L TPICKAI (date) in exergue. RPC III, 5730; Köln 1001; Dattari (Savio) 1801; K&G 32.470; Emmett 1014.13. 23.20gr, 35mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gordian III AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-241. ΜΗΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Tullius Menophilus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Serapis, wearing kalathos, facing one another / YΠ MHNOΦIΛOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩ-N, Sarapis standing facing, head to left, raising right hand and holding sceptre; E (mark of value) in left field. RPC VII.2, 1401; AMNG 1126. 12.42gr, 27mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Augustus AE 20mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕ]ΒΑΣΤΟΥ, bare head to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ[ΛΕΙΤΩΝ], Artemis Tauropolos, holding billowing veil, on bull advancing to right. RPC I, 1629. 5.46gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
