LOT 3475
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa mid 270-August 270. Rome mint. 6th officina.
IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding baton over globe and long scetpre; ς in right field. RIC V.1 94 var.; MER-RIC 483 (temporary); Normanby 946. Good Very Fine.(2.63gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 17a. 10.08gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 188-189. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / MART PAC P M TR P XIIII COS V P P, Mars standing to left, holding branch and spear. RIC III 175; BMCRE 256; RSC 350. 3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Eight [8] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Various emperors. 21.25gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
