LOT 3210
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Rome mint; struck AD 314-315. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand; R over X in left field, F in right field; R P in exergue. RIC VII 30. Near Very Fine.(3.05gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Ten [10] Roman AR Coins. 1st century BC-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Various rulers. 27.54gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Rome mint; struck AD 176-177. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / [IMP VIII COS] III P • P •, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, togate, seated to left on curule chair on platform, extending right hands; behind them, officer, standing to left and holding sceptre; before them, Liberalitas, draped, standing to left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopia in left, preparing to distribute donative to citizen mounting steps with outstretched hands holding toga below; S C across fields, LIBERALITAS AVG VII in two lines in exergue. RIC III 1208 var. (no drapery); Cohen 424 var. (same). 24.97gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Well-struck and detailed. Amazing dark olive-green patina. Extremely rare variant.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1913. Ex Hertfordshire, UK, collection. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS [...]VG, radiate, draped (?) and cuirassed bust to right / [FIDE]S MIL[ITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. Cf. RIC V.1 71. 2.81gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Mint error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
