LOT 3520
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint. 4th officina.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; HTΔ in exergue. RIC VI 19a. Good Very Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.(11.14gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 112-114. Rome mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas, draped, standing to left, holding winged caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left; S C across fields. RIC II 625 var. (bust). 27.92gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Uncertain Emperor BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Incuse of reverse / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre(?). Cf. MER-RIC 184 (temporary) for rev. type. 2.32gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Radiate bust to right / Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype: cf. RIC V.2 100. 1.82gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
