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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Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 295-296. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia, from which liquor flows; KA in exergue. RIC VI 9b. 10.43gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS • EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; T in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388; RIC V.4 450; AGK (Postumus) 111b; RSC (Postumus) 441. 3.59gr, 22mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 187-188. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and grain ears. RIC III 167; BMCRE 245; RSC 532. 3.16gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
