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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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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. -
Gallienus AE 25mm of Hierapolis, Phrygia. AD 253-268. Homonoia issue with Smyrna.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΑΥ • Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ-ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ΖΜΥΡΝЄΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΥΑ(sic) two prize urns inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚYΝΑ(sic) ΑϹΙΑϹ on base with palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63177; cf. Franke & Nollé 912-914 corr. (inscribed crowns). 6.42gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Illegible inscription, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Illegible inscription, eagle displayed, with head to right, supporting plain circle enclosing the Caesarean triad: Ceres and Fortuna standing to right and Bacchus standing to left. Cf. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 2157; cf. Kadman II 112. 18.68gr, 26mm, 1h.
Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
