LOT 3171
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 198-217.
Rome mint; struck AD 213. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVI COS IIII P P, Hercules standing to left, holding branch and club, with lion skin draped over arm. RIC 206a; RSC 220; BMCRE 48. Near Extremely Fine.(3.15gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Constantius II AR Reduced Siliqua. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 360-361. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA DD NN AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; LVG in exergue. RIC VIII 210; RSC 259c var. (bust type). 1.71gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped; flan crack at 10h.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 330-335. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and shield, two standards between them; SMNA in exergue. RIC VII 188. 2.09gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint; struck mid AD 285-1 April 286. 3rd officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; C in left field. RIC V.2 47; Lyon 24. 4.07gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
