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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Nero AR Denarius. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Rome mint; struck AD 65-66. [NERO CAESAR] AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / VESTA, hexastyle temple of Vesta with domed roof, set on podium of four steps; within, statue of Vesta seated, holding patera in right hand and long sceptre in left. RIC I 62; RSC 335. 3.46gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. A little off-centre.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 21, 31 October 2015, lot 749. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 263-265. 2nd officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left, wheel beneath seat; S in exergue. RIC V.1 194a (sole reign); MIR 546g; RSC 279a. 3.31gr, 23mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Full silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. Struck under Carausius, circa AD 286-circa 293. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGGG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; S P across field; C below. Cf. RIC V 20. 5.10gr, 22mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
