LOT 3057
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Siscia mint; struck AD 295. 3rd 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; Γ in left field, ✶SIS in exergue. RIC VI 85a. Good Very Fine.(8.98gr, 27mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
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Hadrian AE As. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Rome mint; struck AD 132-134. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COS III P P CLEMENTIA AVG, Clementia standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 714; BMC 1434 note. 10.75gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint; struck after AD 257. 4th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing to left, veiling face and holding sceptre; Q to right. RIC V.1 272 (sole reign); Cohen 893. 3.62gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare reverse type.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 269. IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand. RIC V.2 109 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.41gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
