LOT 3831
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / DOMINI • N • LICINI AVG, VOT • XX in two lines within wreath; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 86. Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.(2.46gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding trophy over her right shoulder and dragging captive with her left; Christogram in field to left; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 86c (Constantinople). 1.69gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 18b. 9.00gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-287. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing to right, holding his right hand behind his back and leaning his left on club set on rock; lion's skin draped over club; PXXIT in exergue. RIC 215; Cohen 133; Venèra 6295-309. 3.35gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
