LOT 3205
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319. 3rd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR over altar which is described with 'C'; T T in exergue. RIC VII, 93 (R3). Extremely Fine. Very rare.(3.30gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Treveri mint. Struck during the city's counter-revolt against Magnentius and Decentius in favor of remaining loyal to Constantius. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large Christogram; A ω across field. Cf. RIC VIII 332. 4.91gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-309.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
Aquileia mint; struck AD 305-306. 3rd officina. MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding sceptre over his right shoulder and shield on his left / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 71b; Paolucci 141. 7.12gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Valerian II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 254-255.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Viminacium(?) mint. P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, sacrificial implements. RIC V.1 19 (Rome). 3.54gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
