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LOT 3021
Constantius I BI Nummus. Circa AD 305-306. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
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. Very Fine.(10.83gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 304-305. Serdica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC 12b. 7.12gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 133-135. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
SABINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / IVNO-NI REGINAE, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RIC 2550 (Hadrian); Cohen 43. 3.28gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, 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.
