LOT 3214
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Rome mint. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V in two lines within wreath; R Q below. RIC 235. Near Extremely Fine.(2.95gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Aelius, Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Rome mint; struck AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS • II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). 12.98gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Dark cypress green patina.
From UK private collection. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Ticinum mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; Q in left field, SXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 491 var. (star on reverse); probuscoins.fr 1102. 3.65gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Rome mint; struck AD 250-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / DACIA, Dacia standing facing, head to left, holding staff, surmounted by ass's head. RIC IV.3 112a; Cohen 18. 13.12gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful red-brown patina with green highlights.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
