LOT 3758
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-287. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing to right, holding his right hand behind his back and leaning his left on club set on rock; lion's skin draped over club; PXXIT in exergue. RIC 215; Cohen 133; Venèra 6295-309. Good Very Fine.(3.35gr, 24mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
DIVA FAV-STINA, veiled and draped bust to right, with hair bound on top of head / AETER-NITAS, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and globe in outstretched right hand. RIC 348 (Pius); RSC 6; BMCRE 366. 3.77gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Denarius. Struck AD 113-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.27gr, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine/Near Extremely Fine. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, 5 December 2011, no.961. Ex ACR ArtCoins Roma, 20 May 2015, no.3192. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and provenance. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES AVGG, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 270. 3.46gr, 22mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
