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LOT 3028
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. Circa AD 295. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia, B in right field; (star)SIS in exergue. RIC VI 90b. Good Very Fine.(9.31gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Trajan AR Denarius. Struck circa spring AD 113-summer 114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars, nude, walking to right, and wearing parazonium on belt at waist, with spear in right hand and trophy in left over shoulder. RIC II 269; Woytek 423v; RSC 372d. 3.09gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar AE Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand; S P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 117; RML 809; C&T 8.09.023. 3.71gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330-335. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, diademed and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers helmeted, standing facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on ground; between them two standards; SMANЄ in exergue. RIC VII 87. 2.21gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
