LOT 3536
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296. London(?) mint.
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left; waves and Q[...] below. Cf. RIC V.2 55. Very Fine.(2.16gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
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Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 323-324. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT •X• in two lines within wreath; •PLGC• below. RIC VII 223 (r4). 3.24gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 201-210. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel below. RIC 264a; BMCRE 327; RSC 181. 3.10gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, 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; TSB in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 11.01gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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