LOT 3205
Marius, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269.
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 269. IMP C M AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. RIC V.2 17; cf. RIC V.4 487-8. Good Very Fine.(2.52gr, 21mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman;
From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 2nd officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / LIBERO P CONS AVG, panther walking to left; B in exergue. RIC V.1 230 (sole reign); MIR 713b; RSC 586. 3.15gr, 21mm, 11h
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Ticinum mint; struck AD 285. 6th officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; VIXXIT in exergue. RIC V.2 222; Cohen 201. 3.64gr, 22mm, 6h
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; S-F across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC VII 4; Bastien 541. 3.96gr, 21mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
