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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.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis standing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with her left; L H (date) across fields, B in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76468; Dattari (Savio) 5881. 7.68gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 288/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ ΜA ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L Δ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76037; Dattari (Savio) 5833; Emmett 4093.4. 6.78gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ЄTOYC Є in two lines within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75734; Köln 3090; Dattari (Savio) 5467. 7.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
