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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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 103-111. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and shield. RIC II 163; Cohen 378. 3.30gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-298. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, the Genius of the Roman people standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; R S in fields, Δ in exergue. RIC 71b corr. 9.79gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I AE Nummus. AD 315-318. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PRIN[CIPI IV]VENTVTIS, Prince standing facing, head to left, holding signum in each hand; star in right field; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 215. 4.35gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
