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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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Julia Mamaea, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck AD 226. Rome mint.
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IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VESTA, Vesta standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RIC 360; Cohen 81. 2.36gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 214. Rome mint.
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ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P, Apollo, bare to waist, seated to left, holding branch and leaning against tripod with lyre on top. RIC 238a. 3.04gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne. RIC 14; Cohen 85. 3.61gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
