LOT 3509
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. Good Very Fine.(4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3509
Diocletian BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C MA MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; Γ in right field, TS in exergue. RIC VI 23b. 10.03gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Near complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 367-375. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,250
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed and cuirassed bust to left, wearing helmet decorated with stars, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORE S AVGVSTI, Valentinian and Gratian seated facing, holding globe between them, Victory flying to left above crowning them; TR◂OB (Treveris in Officina Secunda) in exergue. RIC IX 16b; Cohen 39; Depeyrot 36/1. 4.49gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Slightly wavy flan. Very Rare and one of the finest known examples.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Wem, Shropshire, West Midlands, UK, on 23 June 2024. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LVPL-8A8E89. -
Julian II AE 30mm. Struck circa AD 361-363. Siscia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVB, bull standing to right, two stars above;(palm)ASISC(wreath) in exergue. RIC VIII 419. 8.18gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
