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LOT 2933
Lucius Verus AE As. AD 167/8. Rome mint.
[L VER]VS AVG ARM [PARTH] MAX, laureate head to right / [TR P VIII IMP IIII COS III], emperor standing to right, clasping hands with Roma seated on cuirass to left, holding spear; behind cuirass, shield; [S C] in exergue. RIC 1472. Near Very Fine.(10.06gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 287-290. Uncertain mint.
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Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina with some brown highlights.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
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IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
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Constantine I AE Nummus. AD 315-318. London mint. 1st officina.
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CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PRIN[CIPI IV]VENTVTIS, Prince standing facing, head to left, holding signum in each hand; star in right field; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 215. 4.35gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
