LOT 3479
Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 9 (AD 292/3).
ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; L in right field, ЄΝΑΤΟΥ (date) in left field, Δ in exergue. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76462; Dattari (Savio) 5675; Emmett 4046. Very Fine.(6.99gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3479
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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Caracalla, with Julia Domna AE Pentassarion of 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 211-217.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓOΥCΤΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, confronted busts of Caracalla, laureate and draped, to right and Julia Domna, draped, to left / ΥΠ ΚΥΝΤΙΛIΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; Є in left field. AMNG I 1 678; Varbanov 1054. 12.01gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 667. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Otacilia Severa AE 23mm of Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia. AD 244-249.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Μ ΩΤΑ ϹЄΒΗΡΑ ϹЄΒ, diademed and draped bust to right, crescent at shoulders / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥ, Cybele seated to left, holding patera and sceptre, resting arm on tympanum; at feet, lion. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 20367; Hochard 1126. 5.30gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE As of Carthago Nova, Hispania. 27 BC-AD 14. C. Varus Rufus and Sex. Julius Pollio, duoviri.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
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.
