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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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. 2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Roman Imperial, Licinius II Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Incuse of laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For reverse cf. RIC VII 605 (obverse of Nummus of Licinius II, as Caesar, Nicomedia). 4.73gr, 27mm, 11h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck November-December AD 275. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C CL TACITVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 14; Bastien 26; CBN 1403-5. 4.23gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
