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IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGGG, Carus standing to right, holding parazonium, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, leaning on sceptre; star in upper central field, B in lower central field, XXI in exergue. RIC 125. 3.58gr, 21mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

DIVO CARO PIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left, head to right; III in exergue. RIC V.2 29. 4.03gr, 22mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

DIVO CARO AVG, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, garlanded altar; Δ in right field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 127. 3.55gr, 20mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP C NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VIRTVS AVGG, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe surmounted by Victory from Jupiter (or Carus) standing to left and holding sceptre; Γ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V 467 var. (Antioch; bust not cuirassed). 3.57gr, 21mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP C M AVR CARINVS P F AVG, radiated and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Emperor standing to right carrying lance and receiving Victoria with laurel wreath from Carus standing to left with lance, ЄΔ between, XXI in exergue. RIC 325. 3.94gr, 21mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Diocletian standing to right, holding parazonium, and receiving Victory from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; A between figures, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 306. 3.65gr, 21mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing to right, holding his right hand behind his back and leaning his left on club set on rock; lion's skin draped over club; PXXIT in exergue. RIC 215; Cohen 133; Venèra 6295-309. 3.35gr, 24mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; Є above [KP] between, [ALE] in exergue. RIC VI 109. 6.64gr, 24mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of uncertain type. For obverse cf. RIC 284 (obverse of Nummus of Diocletian, Heraclea). 4.73gr, 28mm, 9h.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor, on the left, standing to right, holding short sceptre in his left hand and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, on the right, standing to left, holding long sceptre in his left hand; Γ(?) between, XXI in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch); for reverse cf. RIC V 324 (reverse of Antoninianus of Carinus, Cyzicus). 4.05gr, 27mm, 8h.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of RESTITVT [...], female figure, turreted and on the left, standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor, on the right, standing to left, extending his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch). 3.70gr, 27mm, 2h.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Jupiter presents Victory on a globe to Maximian, A between, XXI• in exergue. RIC 607 corr. (obverse legend and bust type); Cohen 53. 3.86gr, 22mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.