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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Caracalla AE As. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Rome mint; struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Aesculapius standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; to right, globe set on ground; S C across field. RIC IV 553a. 9.12gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Glossy cypress green patina.
Ex David Miller, Hampstead, UK (collector's ticket included). -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck mid-late AD 270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing to left, holding box of perfumes and sacrificing over altar to left. RIC V 57; AGK 18a. 2.64gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,125
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 3.55gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079. Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included).
