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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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Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 92-94. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
[IMP] CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENS PER [P P], laureate head to right / Domitian standing to left, holding thunderbolt and spear, being crowned by Victory standing to left behind him; S C in exergue. RIC II.1 752; BMCRE 465. 23.26gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. AD 310-313. Antioch mint. Uncertain officina. 'Persecution Issue'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated on throne to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch; uncertain letter in right field; ANT in exergue. Cf. Van Heesch, Last 2; cf. McAlee 171h. 1.68gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...] CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTO]RIA AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm in her left. For prototype cf. RIC V.1 168. 2.23gr, 18mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
