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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.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan Decius AE 24mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[...] TRA DECIVS A[...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head turned to right, with open wings, supporting wreath with bust of Tyche to right. Cf. RPC IX 2068; cf. Kadman, Caesarea 129-130. 15.50gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Procurators. Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. Dated RY 17(?) (30/1 CE). Jerusalem mint. Struck under Tiberius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
TIBЄPIOV [KAICAPOC], lituus / L IZ(?) (date) within wreath. Cf. RPC I 4968; cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6371; cf. Hendin GBC 5, 1342; cf. TJC 333. 1.95gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
A very interesting example with an unclear date. The letters on the reverse could be L IZ or L IS (referring to year 17) but upon closer inspection, the letters could be L IЄ (year 15). A new date for Pontius Pilatus' coinage? -
Titus, as Caesar AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. Dated CY 137 (AD 73/4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
TITOΣ KA-IΣAP, laureate head right / ΓAΔA-PE-ΩN, crossed cornucopiae; cross between, L ZΛP (date) above. RPC II, 2096; Spijkerman 30; Sofaer 29. 3.66gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
