LOT 3359
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Antioch mint; struck AD 300-301. 2nd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; K in left field, B over V in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. Good Very Fine.(9.36gr, 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): £46
London mint; struck circa AD 291-292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre, B E across field; MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 98. 2.69gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Antioch mint. IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; pellet beneath bust / PAX AVGVS, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; [pellet?] in exergue. Cf. RIC IV 86. 3.43gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Rome mint; struck AD 249. IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRAI AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DACIA, Dacia standing to left, holding staff topped with head of ass; S C across fields. RIC IV 101b; Cohen 22. 15.41gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Tooled.
Ex David Miller, Hampstead, UK.
