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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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Divus Maximian AE Half Follis. Struck under Constantine I, AD 317-318. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP, laureate and veiled head of Divus Maximian to right / MEMORIAE AETERNAE, lion advancing to right; above, club; R P in exergue. RIC VII 120. 2.16gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; (star)PL[C] in exergue. RIC VII 266. 2.01gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Tiberius Fourrée Denarius. AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint. Tribute Penny type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
[...] AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF [...], Livia (as Pax) seated to right, holding sceptre and olive branch, feet on footstool; ornate chair legs, single line below. For prototype: RIC I 30; Lyon 152; RSC 16a. 3.01gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
