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LOT 2866
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; to upper left, star; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76058; Dattari (Savio) 5820. Good Fine.(7.79gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. 1.84gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L H (date) across fields, Γ in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76547; Dattari 6012. 7.85gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus, as Caesar, AE 16mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[TITOΣ KAIΣ]AP, laureate head to right / [ΓAΔA]-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, [L] Z[ΛP] (date) above. RPC II 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 4.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
