LOT 4164
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 307. London mint. 1st officina.
D N DIOCLETIANO P F S AVG, laureate and mantled bust to right, holding olive branch and mappa / QVIES AVGG, Quies standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 98; C&T 5.01.010. Good Very Fine.(7.51gr, 28mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx L.A.L.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, May-December 1989.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Accompanied by three old coin tickets.
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LOT 4164
Diocletian BI Nummus.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE As. AD 142. Rome mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head to right / PIETAS AVG, sacrificial implements: knife, sprinkler, jug, lituus and simpulum; S C in exergue. RIC 1240a (Pius). 9.98gr, 27mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Nice patina with golden highlights.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Group of Three [3] Late Roman AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 5.35gr total, 13-15mm.
As Shown.
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s. -
Otacilia Severa AV Aureus. AD 246-248. Rome mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC IV 125a var. (obv. legend), cf. 129; Calicó 3264 var. (same). 4.55gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare with this obverse legend. Signs of altered surface, otherwise an attractive coin.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
