LOT 3373
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor AE Antoninianus. AD 293-296.
London mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor; S A across fields, ML in exergue. RIC V.2 22. Near Very Fine.(2.98gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ticinum mint; struck AD 321-322. 3rd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around wreath containing VOT • X • in four lines; T T in exergue. RIC VII 164 (r4). 3.51gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 6h. Very rare.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint; struck AD 310. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate Sol standing facing, head to left with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; T F across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 121a; C&T 6.02.010; RML 249. 3.70gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Time of Maximinus II AE 15mm. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck circa AD 312. 7th officina. 'Persecution Issue'. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Z in right field, SMA in exergue. McAlee 170; Vagi 2954; Failmezger 229. 1.62gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
