LOT 3562
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 327-329. Heraclea mint. 5th officina.
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, pearl-diademed and draped bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing to left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; •SMHЄ in exergue. RIC VII 95; LRBC 893. Near Extremely Fine.(2.84gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 17a. 10.08gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. Struck AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint. "Tribute Penny" type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.83gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 291-292. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre, B E across field; MLXXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 3.12gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
