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LOT 3005
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
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. Very Fine.(10.21gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[...]RICVS IV C[...], radiate and draped bust to right / [...]ΛSITΛ(?), pontifical implements. Cf. RIC V.2 258 and RIC V.4 772-3. 1.29gr, 16mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing to left, holding cornucopia in left hand and extending right hand to child; Δ in right field. RIC V.1 5 (Gallienus); Cohen 39. 2.78gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Theodora AE 13mm. Struck under Constantine II, circa AD 337-340. Treveri mint. 2nd officina. Posthumous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
FL MAX THEO-DORAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head to right, carrying infant; TRS(palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 91; LRBC 129. 1.08gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
