LOT 3409
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Alexandria mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 35. Extremely Fine.(2.88gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Tripolis mint. Struck AD 274. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-BIS, female figure standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left and holding sceptre; star in field, •KA in exergue. RIC V.1 389 var.; MER-RIC (temporary) 3228. 3.77gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Some delamination to reverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 298-299. 1st officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; A in left field, star in right, TR in exergue. RIC VI 306a. 10.27gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ticinum mint; struck AD 321-322. 3rd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around wreath containing VOT • X • in four lines; T T in exergue. RIC VII 164 (r4). 3.51gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 6h. Very rare.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
