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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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Elagabalus AE 15mm of Anthemusia, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[...]NCI, radiate head to right / ΑΝΘЄ[...], turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right. RPC VI Online 7708; BMC 1; Dandrow Anthemusia 36. 2.25gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Carus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Struck under Carinus, AD 283-285.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΘЄധ KAPധ CЄB, laureate head to right / AΦIЄPധCIC, eagle standing to left, head to right, with wings displayed, wreath in beak. RPC X Unassigned ID 75882; Dattari (Savio) 10621; K&G 113.4; Emmett 3998. 7.24gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΥΤOΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right, set on eagle standing to right; to lower left, club / ΔΗΜΑΡX [...], the Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy head in her right hand; below to right, river-god Orontes swimming to right, looking back. Cf. RPC III, 3543 (RY 16). 13.78gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
