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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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.
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Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 266. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; crescent in left field, VIIC• in exergue. RIC V.1 87 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1648d; RSC 4 corr. (rev. legend). 3.71gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck May-June AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent in arms. C-star across fields. RIC V.1 58; MER-RIC 3338. 3.52gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
