LOT 3031
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Nicomedia mint.
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI CMH (ligate), Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; SMNA in exergue. RIC VI 54a. Near Very Fine.(6.34gr, 26mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 306. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; S-F across fields, R(wreath)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 131a. 9.28gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / CONSECRATIO, Ceres standing to left, raising her right hand hand and holding torch with her left. RIC 382a. 2.87gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
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.
