LOT 3256
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 290-292. 2nd officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre; B between, XXI• in exergue. RIC V.2 306 var. (bust type). Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering.(3.90gr, 21mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Southern Gallic mint. [...]TRICVS [...], radiate bust to right / [SALV]S AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding rudder. Cf. RIC V.1 267 (AVGG). 2.26gr, 16mm, 1h
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITV, Fides standing to left, holding standards in each hand. RIC V.2 59 var. (MILITVM); RIC V.4 -; RSC 67a var. (same). 3.17gr, 23mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished variant or reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE As. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint; struck AD 126-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right, traces of drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Salus standing to right, holding snake and feeding it from patera; S C across fields. RIC II.3 881; BMCRE 1341. 10.88gr, 28mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Dark glossy patina.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
