LOT 3477
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 285/6).
Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing facing, head to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75901; Dattari (Savio) 5622; Emmett 4025. Very Fine.(9.07gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3477
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/9 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the name of Nero.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
L Є KAICAPOC, palm branch / NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. 1.50gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Philip II, as Augustus AE 20mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. Dated CY 185 (AD 248/9).
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear / ΜΗΤΡΟ ΝЄΟΚЄϹΑΡΙΑϹ around, ЄΤ ΡΠЄ (date, partially ligate) in fields, turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right, surmounted by agonistic crown. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 94244; RG -; Çizmeli -. 3.84gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE 20mm of Akmoneia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 62.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ and ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑ (L. Servenius Capito, Archon and his wife Iulia Severa). ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head to right; behind, kerykeion; before crescent / ΣΕΡΟΥΗΝΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΑΣ ΑΚΜΟΝΕΩΝ, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding patera in his right hand and sceptre in left hand; at his feet to left, owl; in the field to left, ΕΠΙ and ΑΡΧ (partially ligate). RPC I, 3174; SNG Copenhagen 28. 4.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
