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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Julia Domna Fourrée Ancient Imitation of Denarius. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IVLIΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust to right / ΛESTA, Vesta seated to left on throne, holding palladium and transverse sceptre. Cf. RIC IV 538 (Septimius). 3.44gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Constantine I AE Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Alexandria mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
DV CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG, veiled head of Divus Constantine I to right / Divus Constantine I in quadriga to right, extending his right hand toward manus Dei above, [S-R across field]; in exergue, SMALΓ. RIC VIII 4; LRBC 1445. 1.49gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Constantine II Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Incuse of CONCORDIA AVG, two standing figures / Incuse of CONSTANTINVS CAESAR SMANTA in four lines. For reverse cf. RIC VII 59 (reverse of Follis of Constantine II, as Caesar, Antioch). 3.89gr, 26mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
