LOT 3137
Macrinus AE Antoninianus (Limes Falsum?). AD 217-218.
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS TEMPORVM, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and sceptre. Cf. RIC 63. Near Very Fine.(4.18gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Ambianum mint. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ω across fields, AMB in exergue. RIC VIII 34. 8.89gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon hoard.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 307. 1st officina. D N DIOCLETIANO P F S AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch and mappa / QVIES AVGVSTORVM, Quies standing facing, head to left, holding branch and sceptre; N in right field; PLG in exergue. RIC VI 216; Cohen 430. 9.95gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. 5th officina. CONSTANTI-NOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; RFЄ in exergue. RIC VII 332. 2.24gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
