LOT 3579
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 315-316. Siscia mint. 1st officina.
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; eagle at feet with wreath to left, A in right field, •SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 17. Near Extremely Fine.(3.83gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 116-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG [GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P CO?]S VI P P, radiate bust to right, drapery on far shoulder / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding spear, between two trophies; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II 676 (bust type); cf. BMCRE 1052 (same). 13.59gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-333. Thessalonica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left wearing imperial cloak / She-wolf to left, suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, SMTSЄ in exergue. RIC 187. 2.77gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 88-89. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC II.2 633; Cohen 313; BMCRE 406-7; BN 436-438. 28.79gr, 34mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
