LOT 3415
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. Near Extremely Fine.(3.01gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 201-206. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 130a; BMCRE 280; RSC 97. 3.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, with modius on head and chlamys over shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; Є in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 3a (pellet at beginning of exergual legend). 8.76gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head to left, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; TSA in exergue. RIC VI 20b. 11.13gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
