LOT 3512
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Heraclea mint. 1st 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; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 17a. Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(10.08gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/244024-s.jpg)
Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various types. 42.91gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; shield below. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 1-2; RSC 222a. 2.98gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very 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.
