LOT 3074
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Siscia mint; struck AD 299. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; Q(star) in exergue. RIC VI 95b. Very Fine.(8.86gr, 26mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
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Valerian I AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 256-257. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR ORBIS, emperor standing to left, raising kneeling woman and holding spear with left hand. RIC V.1 117; MIR 111b; RSC 183. 2.94gr, 22mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Nice cabinet tone.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint; struck AD 286-287. IM[...]VS P F(?) AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAE[...] AVG, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath with right hand and anchor with left; C in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 258. 2.75gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CART[H] in exergue. RIC IV 266; BMCRE 335-8 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 222. 1.90gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some delamination on reverse.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
