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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. -
Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤ⟒ΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L ΔЄΚΑΤΟV (date), Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing to right. RPC IV.4, 999; Dattari (Savio) 2666; Emmett 1590.10; K&G 35.360. 22.82gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 44/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L E (date) before / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing to left and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to left lituus. RPC I, 5163; Dattari 128. 10.74gr, 25mm, 1h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
