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LOT 3000
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 285-286. Rome mint. 4th officina.
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; XXIΔ in exergue. RIC V.2 162. Good Very Fine.(3.21gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
5th officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; X in left field, Є over K in right field; ALE in exergue. RIC VI 78. 5.61gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 3.37gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC 43. 5.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
