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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Delmatius as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 335-337. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL DELMA TIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, standard between two soldiers, SMANI in exergue. RIC 112. 1.37gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. With fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322-323. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, •STR• in exergue. RIC VII 368. 3.52gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; K in left field, S over P in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 103. 5.17gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
