LOT 3375
Maxentius AE Quarter Nummus. AD 307-312.
Rome mint; struck AD 310-312. MAXENTI-VS P F AVG, laureate head to right / VOT • Q • Q MVL X, legend in four lines within wreath. RIC VI 281a. Near Very Fine.(2.10gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 304, 20 June 2024, lot 757 (company's ticket included).
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £82
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268. In the name and types of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / FIDES [E]QVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 378. 3.03gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Siscia mint; struck AD 328-329. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets, no doors and star above; BSIS(double crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 214. 3.09gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. 3.86gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
