LOT 3056
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 285/6. 1st officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; A in left field. RIC V.2 41. Extremely Fine.(3.50gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 87. [IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII] CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / [VIRTVTI] AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC II.1 550; BMCRE 404. 10.04gr, 28mm, 6h.
Fine. Edges having been tapped to create raised rims.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Proto-contorniate is the modern term used to describe Roman Imperial and Provincial bronze coins of the first, second, and early third centuries with hammered-up edges. These raised edges on the rims probably occurred after these bronze issues no longer circulated and ceased to be part of the currency in general use. A common assumption is that proto-contorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi in Die Kontorniaten (Budapest, 1943) believed proto-contorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that proto-contorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being. -
Divus Valerian II BI Antoninianus. Died AD 258.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 258. 2nd-5th emission. DIVO CAES VALERIANO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, lighted altar. RIC V 24; MIR 36, 261g; RSC 12. 3.03gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 260-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to left, holding globe and spear; P in right field. RIC V.1 317 (sole reign); MIR 344a; RSC 1225a. 3.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
