LOT 3118
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Treveri mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, STR(pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 477. Extremely Fine. Dark glossy patina.(3.20gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 26 February 2004;
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 7th officina. IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate head to right / FORTVNA REDV[X], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder with right and cornucopia with left hand; Z in right field. RIC V.1, 41; MER-RIC 496 (temporary). 3.65gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 8h; double struck.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 69-81.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG [F], bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis on chest / [C]ONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopiae; EPHE (partially ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1446 (Vespasian); RPC II 847 corr. (bust type); BMCRE 471 corr. (bust type) (Vespasian); RSC 38 var. (bust type). 3.47gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre and shield with left; (star) A in exergue. RIC V 404 var. (mintmark). 4.26gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Apparently unrecorded mintmark.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
