LOT 3360
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Treveri mint; struck AD 298-299. 1st officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; A in left field, star in right, TR in exergue. RIC VI 306a. Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(10.27gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 244-246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Prince standing to left, holding globe and spear, captive at foot. RIC IV 219; RSC 57. 4.17gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint; struck AD 317. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys across shoulder, raising his right hand and holding globe with left; S-P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 115; C&T 8.09.020; RML 807. 3.24gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gordian II AR Denarius. AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Rome mint; struck AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on short column and holding wand with right hand and cornucopia with left; globe at her feet. RIC IV 1; RSC. 5; BMCRE 19-20 var. (rev. legend break). 2.50gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Tinchant Brussels. Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1825 (hammer: 5,100 CHF).
Gordian II was Roman emperor with his father Gordian I in AD 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage. Since he died before his father, Gordian II had the shortest reign of any Roman emperor, at about 22 days.
