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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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Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 171. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / COS III, Roma seated to left, on cuirass, holding Victory and spear. RIC 233. 3.03gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 311-312. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD MILIT, Concordia standing to left, holding standard in each hand; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 195; C&T 7.04.005; RML 374. 4.78gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 228-231. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VIRTV-S AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear and shield with her left. RIC IV 220; BMCRE 709 var. (bust type); RSC 579a. 3.64gr, 18mm, 2h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
