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LOT 3006
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 299. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; B in left field, (star)SIS in exergue. RIC 85a. Good Very Fine.(9.89gr, 29mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 197-198. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing to left, foot on cuirass(?), holding branch and inverted spear. Cf. RIC 113. 2.75gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Died AD 161.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Rome mint. DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. 3.25gr, 20mm, 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. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES AVGG, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 270. 2.48gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
