LOT 3757
Decentius, as Caesar, BI Centenionalis. AD 351. Treveri mint.
2nd officina. D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in three lines above column; TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 308. Very Fine.(5.15gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 221. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, emperor standing to left, sacrificing over lit altar, holding patera and branch (or club); star to left. RIC IV 46; BMCRE 256; RSC 256. 3.64gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. Struck circa AD 312. Antioch mint. 'Persecution Issue'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
3rd officina. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Γ in right field, SM[A] in exergue. McAlee 170c; Vagi 2954. 1.56gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £163
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; MKA in exergue. RIC VI 35. 6.42gr, 28mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. A well struck example.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
