LOT 3332
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 4th officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; ΔSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 161. Extremely Fine. Sharp details; beautiful dark patina with brown highlights.(3.32gr, 19mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private collection, UK.
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Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on scepter, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 3.55gr, 19mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079; Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included). -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
London mint; struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia with left; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 209b; C&T 7.05.011; RML 413. 4.42gr, 23mm, 5h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Colonia Agrippinensis; struck AD 271-272. IMP TETRICVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. RIC V.1 71; RIC V.4 708; Elmer 783; AGK 3g. 1.71gr, 19mm, 6h
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
