LOT 3577
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys across shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle standing to left, with wreath in beak; A in right field, SMHT in exergue. RIC VI 73. Good Very Fine.(4.00gr, 22mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. RIC IV 55b (Decius); RSC 8. 4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Some deposits on reverse.
From the Ortiz collection. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 323-324. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT •X• in two lines within wreath; •PLGC• below. RIC VII 223 (r4). 3.24gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 207. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P [X]V COS III P P, Africa standing to right, wearing elephant headdress and holding fruits; to right, lion to right. RIC IV 207a; BMCRE 530 note; RSC 493b. 3.19gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
