LOT 3759
Diocletian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. Struck late AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 5th officina.
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; Є above [KP] between, [ALE] in exergue. RIC VI 109. Very Fine.(6.64gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 328. Constantinople mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE, Victory seated to left on cippus, holding palm branch and laurel branch, looking to right; trophy in front, at the foot of which captive kneeling to left, turning head back to right, spurned by Victory; Z in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 35. 2.47gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding trophy over her right shoulder and dragging captive with her left; Christogram in field to left; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 86c (Constantinople). 1.69gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aelius, Caesar AE As. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £129
L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Pannonia standing facing, head left, holding vexillum upright on ground, gathering up dress with right hand; S C beneath PANN-O across fields. RIC II.3 2661 (PANNONIA). 14.16gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection.
