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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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LOT 3270
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Elagabalus AE 29mm of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: bust or Herakles-Melkarth to right / SEPTIM TVRO COLO, Astarte standing facing, turreted, holding long sceptre and resting on trophy on her right, crowned by Nike standing on small column to left, on her left; at her feet, to left, small Marsyas standing to right, carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; to right, murex shell. RPC VI, 8674 (temporary); BMC 390; for countermark: GIG 15. 12.96gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hexastyle monumental altar (of Caesareum); within, veiled female figure (Eusebia?); above, pyre of burning pinecones; L KA (date) below. RPC III, 6145; Dattari (Savio) 1893; Emmett 910.21; K&G 32.727. 25.06gr, 34mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AE 31mm of Trajanopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head to right / TPAIANOΠΟΛEITΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Varbanov 2777. 15.55gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
