LOT 3774
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308/9. Rome mint. 4th officina.
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing on throne, head to left, holding globe and spear, within hexastyle temple with wreath in pediment and and statues as acroteria; H in left field, R Q in exergue. RIC VI 202a. Near Extremely Fine.(6.85gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 313-315. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, Є in right field, SIS in exergue. RIC VII 5. 3.88gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-244. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AETERNA, Pax running to left, holding branch and sceptre; in field, S C. RIC IV 319a; Cohen 169. 20.23gr, 30mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Gallienus and Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Incuse of IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.2, 466 (obverse of Antoninianus of Numerian, Antioch); for reverse cf. RIC V.1 663 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Antioch). 3.80gr, 27mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
