LOT 3078
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.
Aquileia mint; struck AD 307-310. 2nd 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 with knobs as acroteria, crescent in pediment; AQS in exergue. RIC VI 125. Good Very Fine.(6.00gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 320. 5th officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two captives seated flanking at base in attitude of mourning; S-F across upper fields, • TS • Є • in exergue. RIC VII 75. 3.19gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint; struck AD 286-287. IM[...]VS P F(?) AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAE[...] AVG, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath with right hand and anchor with left; C in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 258. 2.75gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 277. IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MARS VICTOR, Mars advancing to right, holding spear and trophy; III in exergue. RIC V.2 38; probuscoins.fr 159; Bastien 194. 4.12gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
