LOT 3258
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 285. 6th officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; VIXXIT in exergue. RIC V.2 222; Cohen 201. Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(3.64gr, 22mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Electrotype of Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 15-16.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum mint. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / TR POT XVII, Tiberius, laureate and cloaked, standing in slow quadriga to right, holding laurel branch and eagle-tipped sceptre; IMP VII in exergue. For prototype: RIC 4; Lyon 122; BMCRE 7; RSC 48. 4.22gr, 19mm, 9h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 322-323. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, C-R across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC VII 168. 1.79gr, 19mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Ticinum mint; struck AD 278. 4th emission; 1st officina. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate bust to left, seen from behind, holding square shield and spear / VIRTVS AVG, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear with left hand and trophy on right shoulder; PXXT in exergue. RIC V.2 - (cf. 430 var.); probuscoins.fr 2276. 3.57gr, 23mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare bust type.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
