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LOT 2861
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eirene standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75916; Dattari (Savio) 5654; Emmett 4045.2. Good Very Fine.(6.54gr, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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