LOT 3369
Magnus Maximus AR Siliqua. AD 383-388.
Treveri mint. D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma enthroned facing, head to left, holding globe and spear, TRPS in exergue. RIC 84b; RSC 20a. Near Very Fine.(1.50gr, 16mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various UK sites since 1974;
Property of an Essex collector.
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Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Rome mint. 4th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing to left, holding cornucopia in left hand and extending right hand to child; Δ in right field. RIC V.1 5 (Gallienus); Cohen 39. 3.60gr, 21mm, 6h
Extremely Fine. Original silvering fully intact.
From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.34. -
Diva Faustina Senior AR Denarius. Died AD 140/1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck after AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe with right hand and veil blown out around head. RIC III 351 (Pius); BMCRE 373 (Pius); RSC 32. 3.22gr, 19mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Aquileia mint; struck AD 307-310. 3rd officina. IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, with shield by left side, in hexastyle temple; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 125; Cohen 32. 5.32gr, 24mm, 5h
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 89, 12 May 2024, lot 716 (since professionally cleaned); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
