LOT 3839
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 316-317. Heraclea mint. 2nd officina.
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to left, holding mappa, globe and sceptre / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with seven rows, no doors and three turrets; HTB below. RIC VII 15. Good Very Fine.(3.60gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diocletian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. Struck late AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; Є above [KP] between, [ALE] in exergue. RIC VI 109. 6.64gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 128-134. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia beneath throne. RIC II 398 (Hadrian); RSC 12. 3.37gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 261, 3 August 2011, lot 255. -
Julia Domna AR Denarius. AD 211-217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust to right / DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing facing, head to left, holding torch in both hands. RIC IV 373A (Caracalla); BMCRE 1-4 (Caracalla); RSC 32. 2.91gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
