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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Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 246-248. M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC IV 125c (Philip I) corr. (date); RSC 4. 3.46gr, 23mm, 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. -
Domitian AE Quadrans. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Rome mint; struck AD 84-85. Rhino standing to left / IMP DOMIT AVG GERM around S•C. RIC II.2 250; Cohen 676; BMCRE 498. 2.15gr, 16mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 2nd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, STR• in exergue. RIC VII 347. 3.15gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
