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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.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gallienus AE 25mm of Hierapolis, Phrygia. AD 253-268. Homonoia issue with Smyrna.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥ • Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ-ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ΖΜΥΡΝЄΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΥΑ(sic) two prize urns inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚYΝΑ(sic) ΑϹΙΑϹ on base with palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63177; cf. Franke & Nollé 912-914 corr. (inscribed crowns). 6.42gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2). 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet, eagle; L H (date) across fields, A in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76427; Dattari (Savio) 5781-2. 6.29gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 98-117. Uncertain Regnal Year.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head of Trajan to right; below, club and eagle standing to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ [...], laureate bust of Melkart to right, with lion skin tied around neck. Cf. RPC III, 3539 (RY 15). 13.75gr, 23mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
