LOT 3172
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 307. 1st officina. D N DIOCLETIANO P F S AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch and mappa / QVIES AVGVSTORVM, Quies standing facing, head to left, holding branch and sceptre; N in right field; PLG in exergue. RIC VI 216; Cohen 430. Good Very Fine.(9.95gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-308.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Serdica mint; struck AD 307-308. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, standing to left, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; star in left field, Δ(?) in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 37. 6.91gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Treveri mint; struck AD 318-319. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmetted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar; STR in exergue. RIC VII 209. 3.14gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost intact.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Quinarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Rome mint; struck AD 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right with drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Victory advancing to right holding palm and wreath. RIC II.3 331; BMCRE 223; RSC 1127. 1.86gr, 14mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Within golden pendant ring.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
