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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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint; struck AD 317. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys across shoulder, raising his right hand and holding globe with left; S-P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 115; C&T 8.09.020; RML 807. 3.24gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantius II AR Reduced Siliqua. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Arelate mint; struck AD 355-360. 1st officina. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX in four lines within wreath with jewel at apex; PCON in exergue. RIC VIII 261 and 291. 1.34gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck September 268-end 269. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes standing to left, holding flower and raising robe. RIC V.1 102; RIC V online 212; Cohen 281. 3.73gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
