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LOT 2973
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint.
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). Near Extremely Fine. Rare.(2.22gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine II, as Caesar AE Nummus. AD 323-324. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in three lines within laurel wreath; STR (crescent) below. RIC VII 441. 4.25gr, 20mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI CMH (ligate), Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; SMNA in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 6.34gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. Circa AD 305-306. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding sceptre over right shoulder and ornately decorated shield on left arm / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Emperor riding down barbarian on horseback to right, holding shield in his left hand and about to spear downward at second barbarian kneeling right before him; AQS in exergue. RIC VI 66a. 10.83gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
