LOT 3757
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Diocletian standing to right, holding parazonium, and receiving Victory from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; A between figures, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 306. Good Very Fine.(3.65gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; A below. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC temp. 3102. 3.41gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and holding globe; XXIVI in exergue. RIC 671. 4.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £220
IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.2 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 25.10gr, 34mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
