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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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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; (star)PL[C] in exergue. RIC VII 266. 2.01gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Faustina II AE Sestertius. Struck circa AD 161-164. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; at feet to left, peacock standing to left, head to right; S C across fields. BMC 922; Cohen 142; MIR 19-6/b; RIC -, cf. 1651 (no diadem). 25.08gr, 33mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
![Group of Fifty [50] Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/247765-s.jpg)
Group of Fifty [50] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising: Nummus and Antoninianus for various emperors and reverse types, plus a silver denarius of Septimius Severus. 144gr total, 14-27mm.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
