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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Julia Domna, Augusta AE Assarion of Gythium, Laconia. Struck under Septimius Severus, struck AD 202-205.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Illegible inscription, draped bust to right / ΓVΘЄ[ATΩN], statue of Athena at the acropolis of Gythium, helmeted, standing to left, peplos over arms, holding spear with right hand. BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 62, 8; for similar reverse cf. Mionnet IV, p. 233, 72 (Geta); E. Papaefthymiou, "Monnaies du Péloponnèse dans la collection de la Fondation du monde hellénique" in BCH139-140.2 (2016), fig. 17; CNG, e-603, 424 (hammer: 650 USD). 3.66gr, 23mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AE 29mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Inscription illegible, laureate head to right / Inscription illegible, nude Dioscuri standing facing each other, above each head, star; each wearing pileus and holding spear and bridle of horse; horses facing each other. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 25200 (temporary); Çizmeli -. 14.94gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen cited by PRC Online; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE 25mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 199-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ Α, radiate head to right / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ •, Nemesis standing facing, head to left, holding scales and palm branch; to left, wheel. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 72058; Arslan 38 ('Elagabalus') = Arslan 1997, 114 ('Elagabalus') = Arslan, CGK 174 ('Elagabalus'). 8.57gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only two examples cited by RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
