LOT 3518
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint.
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; K in left field, Δ over H in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. Very Fine.(9.67gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name and types of Postumus, AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FID[ES EQVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V.2 377; RIC V.4 454; Elmer 615; AGK 18b. 2.56gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, emperor in Syrian robes standing to left, sacrificing from patera over tripod and holding branch; star in left field. RIC IV 146; BMCRE 232; RSC 276. 3.63gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 201-206. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 130a; BMCRE 280; RSC 97. 3.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
