LOT 3632
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Treveri mint.
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae; A Γ across fields, TR in exergue. RIC VI 170a. Near Extremely Fine.(10.18gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom Dieter Alten Collection, purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; [pellet? below] / VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing to right with palm, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left with spear; wreath above, pellet in exergue. RIC 450; MIR 1702b. 3.79gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. Struck possibly AD 186-187. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
M COMMODVS ANT P FE[LIX AVG BRIT?], laureate head to right / [NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII?] IMP VIII [COS V P P?], Nobilitas standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre in left and palladium(?) in right hand; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 501. 23.97gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AV Aureus AD 121-123. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and spear; shield at side, bow and quiver with arrows behind. RIC II.3 538; BMCRE 133; Calicó 1334. 49.56 grams total, 86 mm including case.
NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface 4/5; an outstanding example, certification number 6944543-001.
From the Isar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIII, 24 March 2022, lot 961. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
