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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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 320. 2nd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated at base of trophy; star in left field, STR in exergue. RIC VII 251; Cohen 172. 3.19gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Carausius Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rotomagus (Rouen) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [TVT]-ELA, Tutela standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; altar to left. RIC V.2 684; Webb 769. 4.17gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Stafford, Staffordshire, UK. Property of a Manchester, UK, private collector. -
Domitian AR Denarius. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint; struck AD 90-91. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P X, laureate head to right / IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva advancing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC II.1 719; BMCRE 176; RSC 265. 3.21gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From a private Suffolk, UK, collection.
