LOT 3517
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-299. Cyzicus(?) mint. 5th officina.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K(?)Є in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 12a. Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(10.80gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil from face and holding sceptre. RIC IV 59b (Decius); RSC 19. 4.09gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 108-109. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust to right, aegis on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC II 121 var. (bust type); BMCRE -; Woytek 280c; RSC -. 3.15gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC II 672; Woytek 534v; Banti 106. 26.35gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
