LOT 3355
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Treveri mint; struck AD 296-297. 3rd officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; C Γ across fields, TR in exergue. RIC VI 187a. Very Fine.(8.19gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 244-247. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVGG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 27b; RSC 9. 4.75gr, 23mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Antioch mint; struck AD 326-327. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no door, two turrets, star above and pellet within doorway; SMANTA in exergue. RIC VII 71. 2.86gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. 3.86gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
