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LOT 2868
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate (and cuirassed?) bust to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. Cf. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; cf. Dattari (Savio) 5641; cf. Emmett 4087.8. Good Very Fine(7.43gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 289/90).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing to left, raising her right arm and holding double cornucopia; to right, star; L Є (date) in two lines to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 76069. 8.07gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Hierapolis AE 24mm. Time of Philip I, AD 244-249. Homonoia with Ephesos. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΛΑΙΡ-ΒΗΝΟϹ, radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, two hands clasped. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 20751; Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), p. 78, IX, α-g; Franke & Nollé 709-727 (725-727 corr.). 4.88gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
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Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 273/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ЄTOYC Є in two lines within laurel wreath. RPC X Unassigned ID 75734; Köln 3090; Dattari (Savio) 5467. 7.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
