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LOT 2859
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 284/5).
A K Γ OVAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eusebia standing facing, head to left, sprinkling incense over altar to left and holding box; L A (date) in left field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75890; Dattari (Savio) 5692; Emmett 4052.1. Very Fine.(7.52gr, 19mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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