LOT 3425
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Heraclea mint; struck AD 316-317. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to left, holding sceptre, globe and mappa / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with three turrets, no doors; HTA in exergue. RIC VII 15. Very Fine.(2.67gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint. [ANTON]INVS AVG PIVS P P TR P X[...], laureate head to right / COS IIII, Vesta standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar with patera and holding palladium. Cf. RIC III 238. 2.48gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint; struck AD 246-248. M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / IVNO CONSERVAT, Juno standing to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC IV 127 (Philip I) corr. (date); RSC 20. 4.09gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 241-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC IV 84; RSC 109. 4.60gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
