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Details
LOT 2862
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 287/8).
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath and palm; star in right field, L Δ (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 76012; Dattari (Savio) 5963 (under Maximian). Very Fine.(8.93gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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