LOT 3534
Maximian, as Senior Augustus, BI Nummus. AD 305-306. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right on left, facing Quies standing to left on right, holding branch and sceptre; S F across fields, Є between figures, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC VI 14b. Good Very Fine.(8.27gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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Very Fine.
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Commodus AR Denarius. AD 187-188. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
