LOT 3354
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 290-292. 3rd officina. IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, eagle to left, two standards to right; TXXIT in exergue. RIC V.2 228. Good Very Fine.(3.13gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Estimate: £450 - 650 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Uncertain mint; struck AD 287-290. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left. RIC V 880. 4.53gr, 22mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina with some brown highlights.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005, collector's ticket included. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, holding sceptre / Victory standing to left, foot on prow, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield set on ground; palm frond in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VII 563. 2.55gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 272. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and long vertical sceptre. RIC V.2 100. 2.17gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
