LOT 3299
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Serdica mint. 6th emission, spring AD 274. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe with left, two captives seated to left and to right at feet; T in exergue. RIC V.1 279; MER-RIC 2650 (temporary). Mint State. Attractive old cabinet tone with light gold iridescence around the devices.(5.02gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 796.
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LOT 3299
Aurelian BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 324. 4th officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT X in two lines; TSΔVI below. RIC VII 125. 2.89gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 364-375.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Antioch mint; struck AD 364-367. 3rd officina. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor in military attire standing facing, head to right, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with Christogram; ANTΓ in exergue. RIC IX 2a, ii. 4.40gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 300-301. 2nd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; K in left field, B over V in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 9.36gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
