LOT 3292
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.
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. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(5.32gr, 24mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 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.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 310-313. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI CONSERVATORI, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars to right. RIC VI 884. 1.50gr, 21mm, 5h
Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 179(?). M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG TR P [XXXIII?], laureate head to right / [FELICITAS AVG IMP X COS III P P?], Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C across fields. Cf. RIC III 1239; cf. Cohen 186; cf. BMC 1695. 27.23gr, 31mm, 6h
Fine.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
London mint; struck AD 313-314. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; star in left field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 249; C&T 8.01.001; RML 607. 2.53gr, 20mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
