LOT 3055
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291.
Lugdunum mint. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. Good Very Fine.(4.23gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint; struck AD 323-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmetted and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 287; C&T 9.05.039; RML 1055. 3.08gr, 19mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Ex Langtoft Hoard; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES M[ILITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding vexillum with right hand sceptre with left; Є in right field. RIC V.1 18; MER-RIC 1152 (temporary). 3.16gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Uncertain mint. Blank / [VIRTV]S AVG, Virtus, helmetted, standing facing, head to left, holding spear with left hand and resting right hand on shield. Cf. RIC V.1, 254 (Cyzicus). 2.76gr, 21mm.
Near Very Fine. Reverse brockage.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
