LOT 3821
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 313-317. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C VAL LICIN 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 to left at feet, head reverted, holding wreath; N over B in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VII 15. Very Fine. Rare.(3.42gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C PO[...]MVS P F A[...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Illegible inscription, standing figure to left, holding sceptre and uncertain object; pellet in exergue. 2.10gr, 23mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Titus AE Sestertius. AD 80-81. Flavian Latin mint in Thrace.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £270
IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, laureate head to right / Mars walking to right, holding spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder; S C across field. RIC II 182 (Lugdunum); BMCRE 310 (Lugdunum); RPC II 502; Cohen 203. 24.42gr, 34mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius I to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 4.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
