LOT 3578
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows over altar to left; Δ in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VI 71a. Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.(5.19gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 329-330. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with eight rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, wreath in left field, II in right field; SMAL below. RIC VII 52. 3.10gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Extremely rare variant.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 194-195. Emesa mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[IM]P CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG C[OS II], laureate head to right / • T • R • P • III • IMP • V • COS • II, captive seated to right with hands bound behind back; pile of arms in background to right. RIC IV 433; BMCRE 406; RSC 659. 3.37gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and transverse sceptre; S in right field, XXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 720. 3.98gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
