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LOT 3060
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 314-315. London mint.
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; S F across fields; MLL in exergue. RIC VII 23; C&T 8.03.003; RML 657. Good Very Fine.(2.95gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Maximian, on the left, standing to right, holding sceptre in his left hand, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, on the right, standing to left, holding long sceptre in his left hand; Z between, XXI in exergue. RIC 623; Cohen 371. 3.97gr, 22mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330-331. Arelate mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing each other, each holding spear and shield set on ground; two standards between them; above star; SCONST in exergue. RIC VII 350. 2.91gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; B above V in right field, K in left field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54b. 7.84gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
