LOT 3840
Licinius II as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-320. Alexandria mint.
D N VAL LIC LICINIVS NOB C. laureate and cuirassed bust of Licinius II as Caesar to left, holding mappa in his right hand and sceptre in his left / IOVI CONSER-VATORI CAESS, crescent and B across field, Jupiter standing front, head to left, holding globe and leaning on sceptre, SMAL in exergue. RIC 25. Extremely Fine. With a fine dark patina and some silvering.(3.75gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 219-220. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing half facing, head to right, holding grounded vexillum and transverse signum. RIC 73; RSC 38a. 2.52gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 321. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; C R across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC 166. 3.16gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; XXIP in exergue. RIC V.2 905 var. (bust not cuirassed). 4.43gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
