LOT 3510
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 285. Antioch mint.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, emperor standing to right, holding parazonium and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; ЄΔ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 325. Very Fine.(3.81gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constans(?) AE Centenionalis. 4th century AD. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
[...]SDEM[...](sic), pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust to right / ECTI[...](sic), soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; ICOI(sic) in exergue. 1.56gr, 16mm. 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
M • AGRIPPA • L • F COS • III, head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 11.39gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 240b var. (rev. legend AVGG); RSC 2 var. (same); Bland 63. 4.92gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning with golden iridescence around the devices.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
