LOT 3658
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around laurel wreath enclosing VOT•V in three lines; RT in exergue. RIC VII 234. Near Very Fine.(3.12gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Berkshire, UK, gentleman's numismatic collection.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.28gr, 21mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 233, 6 October 2015, lot 2470. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 487. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 259-268. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONITA(sic) AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. Cf. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.88gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Numerian BI Antoninanus. AD 284. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Numerian to right / PIETAS AVGG, Mercury standing to left, holding purse and caduceus; KAΔ in exergue. RIC 416. 3.57gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
