LOT 3478
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 291/2).
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. Very Fine.(6.29gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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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. -
Hadrian AE 28mm of Mylasa, Caria. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
[ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ]ΟΡΑ [ΤΡΑ]ΙΑΝΟΝ ΑΔ[ΡΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΝ], laureate head to right, with drapery on left shoulder / ΜΥΛΑ-ϹΕΩΝ and central pellet within wreath of ears of corn and poppyheads; on the top, eagle to right looking to left. RPC III, 2198.4 (this coin); Akarca 55 corr. 11.58gr, 28mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). -
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Philip I AE 28mm of Antioch, Seleucia and Pieria. AD 247-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AVTOK K M IOVΛΙ ΦΙΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, turreted, draped and veiled bust of Tyche to right, ram leaping to right above, star below; Δ Є and S C across fields. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 7494 (temporary); McAlee 977; BMC 527. 12.87gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Porous surfaces.
Purchased privately from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
