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LOT 3026
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Rome mint.
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS N N, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; R(crescent)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 112b. Very Fine.(8.60gr, 28mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / CONSECRATIO, Ceres standing to left, raising her right hand hand and holding torch with her left. RIC 382a. 2.87gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS N N, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; R(crescent)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 112b. 8.60gr, 28mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint; 4th officina, 2nd emission.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, wearing long beard / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left on chair with high back, feeding snake coiled around altar and placing her right hand on head of snake. RIC IV 85; BMCRE 76; RSC 114b (Antioch). NGC graded Ch XF 4/5 - 4/5 (#8465280-009).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
