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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquor flows; HTB in exergue. RIC VI 19b corr. (obv. legend). 9.95gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-298. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, the Genius of the Roman people standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; R S in fields, Δ in exergue. RIC 71b corr. 9.79gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Divus Maximianus AE Follis. Struck under Maxentius, AD 311-312. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO MAXIMIANO PATRI, veiled head of Divus Maximianus to right / AETERNAE MEMORIAE, domed hexastyle shrine with open door and surmounted by eagle standing to right, wings spread and head to left; RES in exergue. RIC VI 251; Drost 181. 5.67gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Divus Maximian AE Half Follis. Struck under Constantine I, AD 317-318. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP, laureate and veiled head of Divus Maximian to right / MEMORIAE AETERNAE, lion advancing to right; above, club; R P in exergue. RIC VII 120. 2.16gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Rotomagus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [TVT]-ELA, Tutela standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; altar to left. RIC V.2 684; Webb 769. 4.17gr, 21mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Stafford, Staffordshire, UK. Property of a Manchester, UK, private collector. Private collection, UK. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 287-290. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left. RIC V 880. 4.53gr, 22mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina with some brown highlights.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005, collector's ticket included. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 286-293. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [PAX] AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; [B] E across fields; MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 121. 3.41gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 295-296. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRT-VS AVG, galley to left, with Victory to left amid ships; QL in exergue. RIC V.2 58; Burnett 107; Webb 94. 1.52gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS N N, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; star in right field, RT in exergue. RIC VI 106a. 8.16gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Carthage mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant-skin headdress, holding standard and elephant tusk; lion holding bull's head at feet to left, H in left field, PKT in exergue. RIC VI 24a. 9.40gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 299-300. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Є in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC 53a. 9.69gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. Circa AD 305-306. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding sceptre over right shoulder and ornately decorated shield on left arm / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Emperor riding down barbarian on horseback to right, holding shield in his left hand and about to spear downward at second barbarian kneeling right before him; AQS in exergue. RIC VI 66a. 10.83gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.