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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Elagabalus AE 15mm of Anthemusia, Mesopotamia. AD 218-222.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
ΑΥΤ ANTധNINOC [...], radiate head to right / ΑΘωΟ[..], turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche to right. RPC VI Online 7708; Dandrow O23 / R35(?). 2.52gr, 15mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Very rare variety of reverse legend.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar AE 19mm of Pessinus, Galatia. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[Π ϹЄΠ ΓЄΤ]ΑϹ ΚΑΙϹ, bare-headed and draped bust to right, seen from front / ΠЄϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, river god reclining to left, resting on water urn. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 72827; Devreker 172. 4.39gr, 19mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AE Assarion of Pheneus, Arcadia. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
[...]NINOC, laureate head to right / ΦЄNЄA-T[ѠN], bearded Satyr standing to right, right hand raised, left hand outstretched. BCD Peloponnesos 1638; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; NCP p. 98 (Sept. Severus). 4.26gr, 22mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
