LOT 3129
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Rome mint; struck AD 238-239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding vertical standard with right hand and transverse sceptre with left. RIC IV 1; RSC 86. Good Very Fine.(4.64gr, 23mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
London mint; struck AD 313-314. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; star in left field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 249; C&T 8.01.001; RML 607. 2.53gr, 20mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 289. 2nd officina. IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI INVICTO AVGG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club with left hand and Victory on globe with right; S in left field. RIC V.2 365; Cohen 266. 4.24gr, 24mm, 7h
Good Very Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor AE Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Camulodunum(?) mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [FORTVNA AVG], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; [C?] in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 235; cf. Webb 287. 2.02gr, 18mm, 2h
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
