LOT 3331
Domitian AR Denarius. AD 88. Rome mint.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XIIII, laureate head to right / IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding spear. RIC II.1 773; BMCRE 226; RSC 286. Near Very Fine.(3.08gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of One Hundred [100] Late Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/243635-s.jpg)
Group of One Hundred [100] Late Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Various emperors. 239gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitius Alexander (usurper) AE 23mm. AD 308-311. Carthage mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG, laureate head to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS KART, Alexander on horseback to right, raising right hand; PK in exergue. RIC VI 66 var. (rev. legend break); BM 1862,0415.18 var. (same). 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The usurper L. Domitius Alexander (Alexander of Carthage) was governor of Africa and had sworn allegiance to Maxentius, securing the all-important Carthaginian grain supply for Rome. Constantine and Maximian convinced Alexander to renege on this alliance, and thus he deserted to their camp and halted the grain shipments, causing famine and severe rioting in Rome. Maxentius sent his praetorian prefect, Volusian, with several Legions to North Africa to put an end to Alexander's revolt, and when Constantine and Maximian offered no help, Volusian's legions swiftly defeated Alexander and his troops. Alexander himself was captured and strangled shortly thereafter.
