LOT 3833
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Ticinum mint. 3rd officina.
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N LICINI INVICT AVG, VOT • XX within wreath; T T in exergue. RIC VII 146. Good Very Fine.(3.06gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. Struck AD 79. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI, laureate head to right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, clasped hands holding legionary eagle set on prow. RIC II 246 (Vespasian); BMCRE 269 (Vespasian); RSC 393. 2.98gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VIRTVS AVGG, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe surmounted by Victory from Jupiter (or Carus) standing to left and holding sceptre; Γ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V 467 var. (Antioch; bust not cuirassed). 3.57gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter advancing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. RIC V.2 72 (Lugdunum); RSC 155a corr. (rev. type). 3.40gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
