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LOT 3406
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 2nd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT • V in three lines; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 87. Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(3.24gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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Maximian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. First reign, AD 305-307.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint; struck circa 305. 3rd officina. D N MAXIMIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch in right hand and mappa in left / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending her right hand to Quies, standing to left, holding branch in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S F across field, RT in exergue. RIC VI 117b. 10.52gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £662
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC V.2 108; Webb 164. 4.41gr, 22mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Well struck in attractive dark olive-green patina.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Local imitation. [I]MP TETRICV[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, female figure standing facing, head to left, holding palm branch with right and cornucopia with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 80 (Hilaritas). 2.47gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
