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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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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.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Severus Alexander AE 25mm of Deultum, Thrace. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL FL P-A-C DEVLT, the Three Graces standing nude and embracing. RPC VI Online 740 (temporary); Jurukova, Deultum 107; Staal 30.1.1; Draganov, Deultum 405-9. 9.02gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Severus Numismatics, E-sale 95, lot 711. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Gordian III BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Struck AD 240.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. RPC VII.2, 3488; McAlee 860; Prieur 282. 11.44gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector.
