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LOT 3004
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 306. Rome mint.
D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; S-F across fields, R(wreath)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 131a. Very Fine.(9.28gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, pouring liquid from patera and holding cornucopia; Γ in right field, TS in exergue. RIC 23a. 10.21gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 285-286. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; XXIΔ in exergue. RIC V.2 162. 3.21gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius AE As. Struck circa AD 41-50. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head to left / CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Minerva standing to left, in military dress, leaning on sceptre held in left hand; S C across fields. RIC I 95; BMC 140. 11.22gr, 29mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
