LOT 3061
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre and shield with left; (star) A in exergue. RIC V 404 var. (mintmark). Near Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Apparently unrecorded mintmark.(4.26gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Magnus Maximus AR Siliqua. AD 383-388.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Treveri mint; struck AD 383-388. D N MAG MA[X]IMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS RO[MANORVM], Roma seated to left on throne, holding globe and sceptre; [TRPS] in exergue. RIC IX 84b.1 corr. (sceptre not spear); RSC 20†a corr. (same). 1.32gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly double struck on obverse.
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector; Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • X in two lines; ЄSIS(star) below. RIC VII 166. 2.83gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private collection, UK. -
Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint. Struck AD 270-271. [DIVO C]LAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATI[O], altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1, 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 2.94 gr, 19 mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
