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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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Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 244 or 245.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Α, eagle with spread wings standing facing to right on palm frond, head to left and holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 29018; McAlee 895; Prieur 340. 11.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
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. -
Hadrian AE 25mm of Tiberias Claudiopolis, Judaea. Dated CY 101 (AD 118/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
AΥΤ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝѠ ΚΑΙС СЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis(?) on shoulder / ΚΛΑΥΔ ΤΙΒЄΡ, Zeus seated to left within tetrastyle temple, holding patera and sceptre; ЄT A[P] (date) in exergue. RPC III 3932 var. (arrangement of reverse legend); Sofaer 10 var. (same); De Saulcy 5 var. (same). 10.58gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
