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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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 319. 1st officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICT LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines, on altar inscribed I; •ASIS• in exergue. RIC VII 87. 3.80gr, 19mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Extremely rare mintmark variant.
From a private collection, UK. -
Nero & Drusus Caesar AE Dupondius. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. NERO ET DRVSVS CAESARES, Nero and Drusus Caesar on horseback riding to right, cloaks flying behind them / C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT around large S • C. RIC I 34 (Gaius); BMCRE 44. 16.27gr, 28mm, 5h
Very Fine. Smoothed.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
![Late AE Radiate Antoninianus Group [76]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/220544-s.jpg)
Late AE Radiate Antoninianus Group [76] 3rd-4th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Group comprising: various issues and reverse types mainly radiates. 146gr total, 10-23mm
'As Found' Condition.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
