LOT 3121
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / DOMINORVM NOSTRORVM CAESS, VOT ✷ V in two lines within wreath; star; T T in exergue. RIC VII 135 var. (unlisted officina). Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact. Extremely rare; unpublished officina with only three other examples on CoinArchives.(2.74gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lugdunum mint. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. 4.23gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint; struck AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate and draped bust to right / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC II 332; Woytek 570v; BMCRE 627; RSC 191. 3.41gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Tooled.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 3rd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • X in two lines; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 165. 3.22gr, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From a private collection, UK.
