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LOT 2860
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Athena seated to left, holding Nike and spear; below, shield; L B (date) across field. Köln 3211; Dattari (Savio) 5638; K&G 119.15; Emmett 4032.2. Near Extremely Fine.(7.84gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2860
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Tr Pot XV Cos V (AD 110/1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ IЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є, the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. RPC III 3540; McAlee 470; Prieur 1498 (Tyre). 13.48gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla, as Caesar AE 27mm of Uncertain Mint, Minor Asia. AD 195-198.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Uncertain male deity standing facing, head to left, holding patera(?) with right hand and sceptre with left. 10.56gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Illegible inscription, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Illegible inscription, eagle displayed, with head to right, supporting plain circle enclosing the Caesarean triad: Ceres and Fortuna standing to right and Bacchus standing to left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 2157; cf. Kadman II 112. 18.68gr, 26mm, 1h.
Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
