LOT 3351
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 286-305.
Heraclea mint; struck AD 297-298. 1st officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 19a. Very Fine.(10.05gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Nash collection, 1990s-2000s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 246. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P III COS P P, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 3; RSC 124. 4.27gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Estimate: £450 - 650 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Uncertain mint; struck AD 287-290. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left. RIC V 880. 4.53gr, 22mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina with some brown highlights.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005, collector's ticket included. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Alexandria mint; struck AD 312. 4th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding head of Serapis and cornucopia; N above palm branch in left field, Δ in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 157b var. (placement of branch). 4.77gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 2h.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
