LOT 3353
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 284-294. 1st officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MI-LITVM, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre; A below, XXI• in exergue. RIC V.2 306 var. (bust type). Very Fine.(3.79gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Nine [9] Roman Imperial AE and AR Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various emperors. 16.69gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire/County Durham, UK. -
Gordian II AR Denarius. AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Rome mint; struck AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on short column and holding wand with right hand and cornucopia with left; globe at her feet. RIC IV 1; RSC. 5; BMCRE 19-20 var. (rev. legend break). 2.50gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Tinchant Brussels. Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1825 (hammer: 5,100 CHF).
Gordian II was Roman emperor with his father Gordian I in AD 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage. Since he died before his father, Gordian II had the shortest reign of any Roman emperor, at about 22 days. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 272-273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / COMES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 56; Cohen 17. 2.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
