LOT 3213
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and mappa in his left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT X; bound captive seated to left and right; S F HL(ligate) across fields; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 125 (bust type). Very Fine.(3.22gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Rome mint; struck AD 154-155. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Vesta standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar with patera and holding palladium. RIC III 238; BMCRE 829-831; RSC 201. 3.30gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
![Group of Fifteen [15] Roman Imperial AR Denarii.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/233295-s.jpg)
Group of Fifteen [15] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. 3rd century BC-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Including an Alexander III AR Drachm and an interesting imitation of a Denarius of Septimius Severus. 46gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 283. 3rd officina. IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / M[ARS] VICTOR, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy; C in right field. RIC V.2 386; Cohen 24. 3.76gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
