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LOT 2867
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2). 1st officina.
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. Good Very Fine.(6.29gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 242.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
AYTOK K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β; eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping to right, head to left. RPC VII.2 3520; Prieur 302; McAlee 874. 11.76gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 68/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤ ΤΙΤ ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝ ΚΑΙΣ, laureate head to right; L A (date) in lower right field / Victory flying to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC II, 2402; Dattari (Savio) 359; Emmett 205. 12.04gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
