LOT 3147
Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408.
Uncertain mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, head to right, carrying trophy over right shoulder and dragging captive behind her; staurogram in left field, uncertain mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 65c (Thessalonica). Very Fine.(1.27gr, 12mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Augustus AE Quadrans. Circa 15 BC-AD 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum(?) mint. IMP CAESAR, laureate head to right / [AVGVSTVS], eagle standing facing, head to left, with wings spread. RIC I 227; RPC I 508. 2.13gr, 18mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 184-185.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, Victory seated to right on shields, inscribing shield set on lap; S C across lower fields, VICT BRIT in exergue. RIC III 452; C. 946; BMCRE 560. 16.11gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Second reign, AD 307-308.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck circa May to end of November AD 307. D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, wearing chlamys, towered head, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 90; C&T 5.01.003; RML 189. 7.45gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
