LOT 3538
Constantius I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 297-299. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; KB in exergue. RIC VI 11a. Near Extremely Fine.(9.54gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Commodus AR Denarius. Struck AD 189. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[M] COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / SEC ORB P M TR P [XIIII] COS V DES VI, Securitas seated to left on throne, holding globe. RIC III 190; MIR 18, 788-4/30; RSC 695. 2.66gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 296. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left holding patera over altar and cornucopia; AQP in exergue. RIC VI 23b. 10.95gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C 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; Є in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. 9.88gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
