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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Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 140-144. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / APOLLINI AVGVSTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; S C across fields. RIC III 598; C. 62; BMCRE 1229. 31.75gr, 35mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding anchor. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 126. 2.76gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 295-296. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head and chlamys over shoulder, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; PT in exergue. RIC VI 29b. 11.14gr, 27mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
