LOT 3255
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 285-286. 3rd officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius with her right hand and cornucopia with her left; C in right field. RIC V.2 77; Cohen 410; Bastien 13. Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.(4.13gr, 22mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Victorinus BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Uncertain mint. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. For reverse cf. RIC V.2 309 (Treveri for Postumus). 3.13gr, 21mm, 1h
Very Fine. Hybrid with reverse of Postumus.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Ticinum mint; struck AD 275. 5th officina. SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding two standards; VXXT in exergue. RIC V.1 8; MER-RIC-. 3.64gr, 22mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining. Very Rare; only five examples on CoinArchives.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 4th officina. CONST-ANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated at the base of standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines; S F across upper fields, HL (ligate) in right field; ΔSIS(star within crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 127. 2.92gr, 19mm, 8h
Extremely Fine. Black patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
