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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Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Various emperors. 139gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Tripolis mint. Struck AD 274. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-BIS, female figure standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left and holding sceptre; star in field, •KA in exergue. RIC V.1 389 var.; MER-RIC (temporary) 3228. 3.77gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Some delamination to reverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint(?). [...] VICTORINVS [...], radiate bust to right / VIR[...]VG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left. Cf. RIC V.2 78; cf. RIC V.4 562. 2.40gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Double struck.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
