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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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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / OQIPM AVG(?), female figure standing to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera with her right. 4.66gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Thick flan.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 97. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head to right / FORTVNA P R, Fortuna seated to left, holding corn ears in right hand and cradling sceptre in left arm. RIC 17; Cohen 79; BMC 41. 3.33gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex Lawrence's, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 304-305. Serdica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC 12b. 7.12gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
