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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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Caracalla AE 17mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...] M AV ANTΩNIN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟС ΙCT, six-rayed star within crescent. Cf. Hristova/Jekov 8.18.48.4-7. 2.30gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Date RY 7 (AD 281/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in its beak; L Z (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75807; Dattari (Savio) 5555; Emmett 3984.7. 6.03gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 of Aurelian & RY 5 of Vabalathus (August AD 271 - March AD 272).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΑΥΤ Κ Λ Δ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; L B (date) across fields / Ι Α Ϲ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝΟ Υ ΑΥΤ Ϲ Ρധ, laureate, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right; L Є (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75753; Köln 3058-62; Dattari (Savio) 5424 corr. (obv. legend); K&G 106.71; Emmett 3914. 9.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
