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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Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 258. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LEG I MIN VI P VI F, Minerva standing to left, holding Victory, spear and shield. RIC V.1 322 (joint reign); MIR 988n; RSC 459a. 3.98gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Antioch mint; struck AD 350-355. 6th officina. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier spearing fallen horseman to right; Γ in left field; ANS in exergue. RIC VIII 135; LRBC 2623. 5.45gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Constantinople mint; struck AD 328. 3rd officina. Dafne coinage. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head to right, looking upwards / CONS[T]A[NTINIANA DAFNE], Victory seated to left on cippus, head to right, holding palm branch in each hand; trophy in front, at the foot of which captive kneeling to left, head to right, spurned by Victory; Γ in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 32; LRBC 992. 3.25gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
