LOT 3514
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, with modius on head and chlamys over shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; Є in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 3a (pellet at beginning of exergual legend). Very Fine.(8.76gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 323-324. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT •X• in two lines within wreath; •PLGC• below. RIC VII 223 (r4). 3.24gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 133-135. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar. RIC II.3 2047; BMCRE 719; RSC 1334. 3.53gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good 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. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 201-210. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel below. RIC 264a; BMCRE 327; RSC 181. 3.10gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
