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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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LOT 2866
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Macrinus BI Tetradrachm of Beroea, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
AYT K M OΠ CЄ MAKPINOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC Π Π, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, B-Є flanking wind animal facing. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 80443; Bellinger 87; Prieur 896. 13.21gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Arabia, Bostra AE 12mm. Time of Commodus. Dated CY 76 (AD 181/2). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; TV downwards to right, OC• (date) across field / BOCT-PA, camel standing to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 3953 (temporary); Kindler 19. 0.95gr, 12mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A K M A KAPINOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / L B (date) across fields, Elpis walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe; star in upper right field. Milne 4721-4722; Emmett 4007b. 7.54gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
