LOT 3185
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 305-311.
Heraclea mint; struck AD 308-309. 1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera; •HTA• in exergue. RIC VI 37a. Near Very Fine.(6.71gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
London(?) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left; waves and Q[...] below. Cf. RIC V.2 55. 2.16gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996. -
Aelius, as Caesar AE Dupondius or As. AD 137.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Contemporary imitation? AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). 9.28gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Ambianum mint. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ω across fields, AMB in exergue. RIC VIII 34. 8.89gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon hoard.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
