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LOT 3002
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 4th officina. Abdication issue.
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; Δ above KP in lower centre, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 109. Good Very Fine.(5.94gr, 24mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Faustina II AE Sestertius. Struck circa AD 161-164. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; at feet to left, peacock standing to left, head to right; S C across fields. BMC 922; Cohen 142; MIR 19-6/b; RIC -, cf. 1651 (no diadem). 25.08gr, 33mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Gallienus Bi Antoninianus. Imitative specimen after the Rome mint issues of AD 267-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GALLIEN[VS A]VG, radiate head to right / [APOLLINI] COS AVG, griffin to left; L in exergue. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 166 (sole reign); cf. MIR 718b; cf. RSC 76. 2.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETITIA AVGG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC V.2 88 (Colonia Agrippensis). 2.05gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
