LOT 3521
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint. 5th 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 liquor flows; Є in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. Near Extremely Fine.(9.88gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant headdress, reclining to left, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of corn to left. RIC II.3 1495; Cohen 140. 2.93gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Five [5] Late Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/244016-s.jpg)
Group of Five [5] Late Roman Imperial AE Coins. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 18.67gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 119-122. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Genius standing to left, holding patera above altar to left, and corn-ears. Cf. RIC II.3 90 (bust type). 2.77gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
