LOT 3356
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 298-299. 2nd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; star in left field, ST• in exergue. RIC VI 33a. Very Fine.(9.44gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). 4.65gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 337-350.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 348-350. 3rd officina. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor on galley sailing to left, holding phoenix on globe and labarum, Victory seated steering at helm; TESΓ in exergue. RIC VIII 109. 5.64gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint; struck AD 310. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate Sol standing facing, head to left with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; T F across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 121a; C&T 6.02.010; RML 249. 3.70gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
