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LOT 3053
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left with raised right hand, holding globe with left; S P across field, PLN in exergue. RIC 116; CT 8.09.021. Extremely Fine.(2.99gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics, E-sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 1545.
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Struck after AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. 3.21gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Laureate head to right / FIDEI LEG [...], Fides standing to left, holding globe. 2.61gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 293-295. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Maximian standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving crowning Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; S between, XXI[•?] in exergue. Cf. RIC 607. 4.02gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
