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LOT 2890
Augustus AE Dupondius. 16 BC. Rome mint. C. Gallius Lupercus, moneyer.
C • GALLIVS • LVPERCVS • III VIR • A • A • A • F • F •, large S C / AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST in three lines within wreath. RIC 378; BN 421. Very Fine.(10.22gr, 25mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. Struck circa AD 311-312. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Prince standing to left, holding globe and reversed spear, star in right field; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 227; C&T 7.07.020; RML 471. 4.90gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standards; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149 (bust type); Huvelin, 'Chronologie du règne de Claude II le Gothique,' QT XXI (1992), pg. 312; Venèra 9251; cf. Cohen 89 (same). 2.22gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS N N, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; R(crescent)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 112b. 8.60gr, 28mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
