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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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Tiberius AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 92 (AD 28/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[TIBЄPIധ] KAICAP[I], bare head to right / ΓAΔAPEIC, veiled head of Tyche to right; L ЧB (date) behind. RPC I 4812; Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 15; SNG ANS 1291. 5.18gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 267/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to right, head to left, wreath in beak; L IЄ (date) in two lines to right, palm(?) to left. Cf. RPC X Unassigned ID 75563. 7.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Titus, as Caesar AE 17mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137(?) (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
TITOΣ K[AIΣAP], laureate head to right / [ΓAΔA]-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, [L ZΛP(?)] (date) above. Cf. RPC II, 2096; cf. Spijkerman 30; cf. Sofaer 29. 5.36gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
