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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Faustina II, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 147-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 170-175/6. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / IVNO, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre; peacock at feet. RIC III 688 (Aurelius); BMCRE 107-8 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 120a. 3.22gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from Redhouse Antiques, York, 2015. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 269. 5th officina. IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 117 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.02gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, holding sceptre / Victory standing to left, foot on prow, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield set on ground; palm frond in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VII 563. 2.55gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
