LOT 3058
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Carthage mint; struck AD 299-303. 1st officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS AVG TA (sic) KART, Carthage standing facing, head to left, holding fruit in both hands; A in exergue. RIC VI 31a. Near Extremely Fine. Very interesting engraver's error on reverse legend.(8.41gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29
Treveri mint; struck AD 260. IMP C POSTVMVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS PROVINCIARVM, river god Rhine reclining to left, resting arm on forepart of boat to left, cradling reed in left arm, which rests against urn to right. RIC V.2 87; RSC 355. 2.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 267-268. In the name and types of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD EQ[VIT], Concordia standing to left, holding patera and rudder, foot on prow of ship; [S?] in exergue. RIC V.2 373. 3.00gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 324-325. 2nd officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, empress standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in arms; SMNB in exergue. RIC VII 96. 2.75gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
