108 / 128
106
raising right hand and holding transverse scepter in
left; palm branch in left field. Dattari-Savio pl. 284,
5749 (same rev. die). Emmett 4077/5 (R5, citing
the Dattari coin). Not in Cologne, Oxford, or BMC.
Very rare type, appearing for Diocletian only with
this date (Year 5). (2) Year 12 = 295/6 AD, 6.81g.
Same bust type / Herakles standing right, leaning
on club set on ground behind him, lionskin hang-
ing from left shoulder, holding apples in left hand.
Dattari-Savio pl. 283, 5701 and 10658 (both from
same rev. die as our coin). Emmett 4057/12 (R5,
citing the first Dattari coin). Very rare types for
Diocletian. VF
$200
441.
Lot of four billon tetradrachms of Diocletian.
(1)
Year 7 = 290/1 AD, 8.05g. Head laureate right /
Zeus standing left holding patera and scepter, at
his feet eagle. Cologne 3250-1. (2) Year 7 = 290/1
AD, 7.87g. Same bust type / Similar rev. type, but
Zeus seated left. Cologne 3252. (3) Year 10 = 293/4
AD (no Year date, deduced from type), 7.19g. Bust
laureate, cuirassed right, seen from front, fold of
cloak on front shoulder / Inscription with palm
branch below it in wreath, ΠEPI / OΔOC / ΔEKA /
TH (“Decennalian Period”). Cologne 3269. Emmett
4085/10 (R3). (4) Year 12 = 295/6 AD, 7.49g. Same
bust type of Diocletian / Draped bust of Sarapis
right, kalathos on head, palm branch in right field.
Cologne 3275. Not rare according to Emmett
4074/12 (R2). VF-EF
$300
Two Very Rare Reverses
442.
Lot of two billon tetradrachms of Maximianus
with rare types.
(1) Year 1 (date retrograde) =
285/6 AD, 7.69g. Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed
right / Zeus standing left, holding patera and scep-
ter, at his feet eagle, date LA retrograde in right
field. Dattari-Savio pl. 288, 5997 (different dies,
date also retrograde). Emmett 4164/1 (R4, citing
Coins from Karanis 1294). (2) Year 10 = 294/5 AD,
8.20g. Same bust type / Athena standing right, head
left, holding spear and shield which rest on ground.
Emmett 4098/10 (R5, citng Coins from Karanis
1353). A rare type for Maximianus: Emmett rates
it R5, R4, and R5 for the three other years known,
comparable to our coin’s R5. VF
$200
Large Group Lots
443.
Lot of 13 bronze coins of Augustus and 1 of
Livia.
Virtually all attributed by BMC, many also
by Dattari and/or RPC. One coin stated to be ex
Dattari, but it is not illustrated in Dattari-Savio. VG
$150
444.
Lot of 1 billon tetradrachm and 20 bronze coins
of Claudius I and 1 bronze coin of Agrippina
II.
Virtually all attributed by BMC, many also by
Dattari and/or RPC. VG-Fine
$250
445.
Lot of 17 billon tetradrachms and 1 bronze coin
of Nero.
Virtually all attributed by BMC, many also
by Dattari and/or RPC. Three of the tetradrachms
show the ship type commemorating Nero’s voyage
to the games in Greece. Fine-VF
$400
446.
Lot of 18 billon tetradrachms of Nero.
Virtually
all attributed by BMC, many also by Dattari and/or