LOT 3633
Diocletian BI Radiate. AD 295-299. Cyzicus mint.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and leaning on sceptre; K Γ in central field. RIC VI 16a. Very Fine.(3.32gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter in fighting stance, head to right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. RIC IV 239; BMCRE 825; RSC 84. 3.06gr, 21mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Gordian III AE Antoninianus (Limes Falsum?). AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, emperor standing to right, holding spear and globe. For Silver Antoninianus: RIC IV 92; RSC 253. 3.69gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Limes Falsum or a result of the time; crisis and decline.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 3.50gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
