LOT 3552
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment; RES in exergue. RIC VI 258. Very Fine.(5.75gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Nerva AR Denarius. AD 97. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P, laureate head to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, holding corn ears in right hand. RIC - (cf. 33 for Aureus); Cohen 60; BMC p. 9 note; CBN 44. 3.14gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025. -
Aelia Flacilla BI 24mm. AD 383-386. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
AEL FLACILLA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing elaborate headdress / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing a Chi-Rho on shield set on column, CONЄ in exergue. RIC IX 81. 5.50gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 119-122. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P COS III, Genius standing to left, holding patera above altar to left, and corn-ears. Cf. RIC II.3 90 (bust type). 2.77gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
