LOT 3077
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 306-312.
Rome mint; struck AD 308-310. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe, in hexastyle temple with peaked roof, wreath in pediment; RBT in exergue. RIC VI 210. Very Fine.(6.18gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 9th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp to right; N below. RIC V.1 245 (sole reign); MIR 743b; RSC 667. 3.02 gr, 22 mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-273.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Local imitation. [...]RICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / [...]TAS AVG[...], pontifical implements. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 255 & 258. 2.06gr, 15mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 323-350.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laurel and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier advancing to right, head to left and with spear pointing downward in left hand, leading with right hand a small figure from hut beneath tree; uncertain mintmark. Cf. RIC VIII 140. 4.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
