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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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Leo I AE 11mm. AD 457-474. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right, [within wreath]. Cf. RIC X 674 ff. 1.12gr, 11mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex CNG, eAuction 533, lot 907. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 305. Antioch mint. 10th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C FL V CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI •, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; I in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 70a. 9.84gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 321-322. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOT-IS XX, three stars above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 230. 3.03gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
