LOT 3175
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. Struck under Carausius, circa AD 286-circa 293. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGGG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; S P across field; C below. Cf. RIC V 20. Extremely Fine.(5.10gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Lucilla, Augusta AE As. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint; struck AD 161-164. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; S C across field. RIC III 1733 (Aurelius); Cohen 11. 9.51gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Hanniballianus, Rex Regum AE 16mm. AD 335-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Constantinople mint. Struck AD 336-337. 6th officina. FL HANIBALLIANO REGI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates seated to right on ground, leaning on sceptre, with urn at his side and reed in background; CONSS in exergue. RIC VII 147; LRBC 1034. 1.28gr, 16mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Flavius Claudius Hanniballianus was a nephew of Constantine I the Great, and brother of Delmatius. He was called Nobilissimus by his uncle, who appointed him prefect of Cappadocia and Armenia, which provinces he governed with the title of King, AD 335 until he was killed by soldiers of Constantius II, AD 337. -
Uncertain Emperor BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. Incuse of reverse / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre(?). Cf. MER-RIC 184 (temporary) for rev. type. 2.32gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
