LOT 3364
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 286. IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Hercules standing to right, leaning on club placed on rock and holding lion skin; D to left. RIC V 437; Cohen 565; Bastien 67. Good Very Fine.(3.99gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ticinum mint; struck AD 290-292. 3rd officina. IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, eagle to left, two standards to right; TXXIT in exergue. RIC V.2 228. 3.13gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint; struck AD 228-231. IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing to left, holding Victory with wreath and spear, and leaning on shield. RIC IV 220; BMCRE 709 var. (bust type); RSC 579a. 3.19gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000. -
Gordian II AR Denarius. AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Rome mint; struck AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on short column and holding wand with right hand and cornucopia with left; globe at her feet. RIC IV 1; RSC. 5; BMCRE 19-20 var. (rev. legend break). 2.50gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Tinchant Brussels. Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1825 (hammer: 5,100 CHF).
Gordian II was Roman emperor with his father Gordian I in AD 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage. Since he died before his father, Gordian II had the shortest reign of any Roman emperor, at about 22 days.
