LOT 3003
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint.
1st officina. 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; A in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. Near Very Fine.(10.10gr, 30mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330-331. Arelate mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing each other, each holding spear and shield set on ground; two standards between them; above star; SCONST in exergue. RIC VII 350. 2.91gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Circa AD 337-340. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL IVL HE-LE[NAE AVG], diademed and mantled bust to right / [PAX] PVBLICA, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC VIII 55 (Treveri). 1.94gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Circa after AD 146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, throne, on which is a wreath and a sceptre. RIC (Pius) 377; BMCRE (Pius) 454; RSC 131. 3.11gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
