LOT 3695
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club set on ground with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC 213; Cohen 137; RIC V online 1022. Near Very Fine.(3.32gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Trajan AE Quadrans. Circa AD 112-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate bust of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin draped around his neck / Boar walking to right; S C in exergue. RIC 702; BMC 1062; Cohen 341; Woytek 602b. 2.64gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•Δ• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 3.83gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 210-213. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / PROFECTIO AVG, Caracalla standing to right, holding transverse spear, two standards behind him, each surmounted by a hand. RIC 225; RSC 509. 3.04gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
