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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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Heraclea mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys across shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle standing to left, with wreath in beak; Δ in right field, SMHT in exergue. RIC VI 73. 2.75gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218-219. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTOR ANTONINI AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 156; BMCRE 37; RSC 289. 2.88gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine II as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / DOMINOR NOSTROR CAESS / VOT / X / crescent in three lines; all within wreath, PT below. RIC 176. 3.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
