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LOT 2864
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 288/9).
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L Є (date) across fields; star to right. RPC X Unassigned ID 76038; Dattari 5624. Very Fine.(8.12gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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