LOT 3511
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 301. Alexandria mint. 4th officina.
IMP C 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 liquid flows; Δ in right field, XX-I across fields, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 32a. Very Fine.(9.10gr, 26mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Julia Mamaea AE Sestertius. AD 222-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IVLIA MAMAEA [AVGVSTA], diademed and draped bust to right / V[E]S[T]A, Vesta, veiled, standing to left, holding palladium and sceptre; [S] C across fields. RIC IV 708 (Alexander); Cohen 311; BMCRE 389 (Alexander). 19.65gr, 30mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 296. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; KA in exergue. RIC VI 10b. 10.77gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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.
