LOT 3475
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75911; Dattari (Savio) 5645; Emmett 4033. Very Fine.(7.91gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Antoninus Pius AE 17mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 160-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...]ΙΝΟϹ ϹEΒΑ[...], laureate head to right / KAI[...]ΓΑ[...], kalathos on three legs, containing ears of corn; ЄT KΔ (date) across fields. RPC IV.3 Online 8353. 4.61gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only three examples cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Zeus standing to left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle standing to left; L H (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76093; Dattari (Savio) 5641; Emmett 4087. 6.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 22mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Struck AD 211-215.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG], laureate head to right / [COL BER], Poseidon standing facing, head to left, wearing polos, in quadriga of four hippocamps, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 74074; Rouvier 563; cf. BMC 156–159; cf. Sawaya 1463-1485. 9.72gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
