LOT 3542
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
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. Very Fine.(11.13gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Group of Five [5] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various emperors. 15.00gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitian, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 80-81. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
CAESAR • DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII •, laureate head to right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, garlanded and lit altar with horns. RIC II.1 266 (Titus); BMCRE 92-6 (Titus); BN 76-7 (Titus); RSC 397a. 2.81gr, 18mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive cabinet tone with golden and blue iridescence.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing facing, head to left, drawing veil and holding transverse sceptre. RIC IV 58b (Decius); RSC 17. 4.29gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Essex. From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
