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LOT 2863
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 / Eagle standing to right, holding wreath in beak; behind, palm; star to upper left; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76058; Geissen 3241-2. Very Fine.(7.29gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE 23mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒΑCΤΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕധΝ ΚΟΙΛΗC CΥΡΙΑC, laureate head of young Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin tied around his neck. RPC III, 4092; Sofaer 14-15; Spijkerman 12. 8.28gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus(?) AE 20mm of Phoenician mint, possibly Botrys. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate bust to right / Front view of temple with six columns with arcuated lintel in the middle, within which deity standing, facing. Cf. RPC VI Online 8221 (temporary). 7.44gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip II AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Circa AD 248.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, eagle standing to left, with spreading wings and holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA S C in two lines below. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 28990; McAlee 1043; Prieur 473. 12.86, 26mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
