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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Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Hispania. 27 BC-AD 14. C. Varus Rufus and Sex. Julius Pollio, duoviri.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, laureate head to right / C•VAR•RVF•SEX IVL•POL•II•VIR•Q•, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex. RPC I 167; ACIP 3137. 11.56gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Nero AE 20mm of Akmoneia, Phrygia. Struck circa AD 62.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. -
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.
