LOT 3075
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 305-311.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 308-309. 1st officina. GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTVTI EXERCITVS, Virtus advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; A in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 47. Good Very Fine.(7.06gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection;
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
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Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint; struck AD 164-165. ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIX IMP II COS III, Annona standing to left, emptying cornucopia into modius, foot on globe. RIC III 125; BMCRE 359; RSC 474. 2.68gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Antioch mint; struck AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 612; Cohen 1245; MIR 1666i. 4.55gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 88-89.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Rome. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC II.1 633; C. 313; BN 436; BMCRE 406. 28.76gr, 34mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
