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LOT 3408
Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck AD 218-222. Rome mint.
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / IVNO, Juno, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC IV 254 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 68 (same); RSC 16. Very Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGG NN, Concordia, draped, standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia; AQS in exergue. RIC VII 12. 2.62gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 111. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / S • P • Q • R OPTIMO PRINCIPI • around, S C across fields, ALIM • ITAL in exergue, Abundantia standing facing, head to left, holding two grain ears in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; to left, child, togate, standing facing. RIC II 460 var. (differing bust type); BMC 918 note; Cohen 8 var. (differing bust type); Woytek 355b. 13.56gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; TSB in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 11.01gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
