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LOT 3067
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 329-330. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, camp gate with nine rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, wreath in left field, II in right field, SMAL in exergue. RIC VII 51. Near Extremely Fine.(3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 4th officina. Abdication issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; Δ above KP in lower centre, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 109. 5.94gr, 24mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 265-267. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERPET, Securitas standing to left, legs crossed, leaning on column and holding sceptre. RIC V.1 516 (Mediolanum, sole reign); MIR 591w; RSC 962. 3.32gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and spear, shield at her side; altar before. RIC IV.3 65. 4.11gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
