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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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint; struck AD 286-287. IM[...]VS P F(?) AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAE[...] AVG, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath with right hand and anchor with left; C in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 258. 2.75gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aquileia mint; struck circa AD 300. 3rd officina. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30b. 8.84gr, 27 mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a Norwich, UK, collector. -
Divus Carus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 283.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lugdunum mint, 10th emission of Carinus and Numerian, AD 284. 2nd officina. Consecration issue. DIVO CARO PIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left, head to right; II in exergue. RIC V.2 29; Lyon 623. 3.43gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
