LOT 3722
Helena, Augusta AE 15mm. Circa AD 340. Treveri mint.
1st officina. FL IVL HELENAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; TRP(branch) in exergue. RIC VIII 90. Very Fine.(1.40gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 38, 29 July 2017, lot 794.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS [AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAET[ITIA AVG], Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor; XII in exergue. RIC V.1 22; MER-RIC 1207 (temporary). 3.05gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[...]CVS P F AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. 1.60gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £163
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; MKA in exergue. RIC VI 35. 6.42gr, 28mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. A well struck example.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
