LOT 3763
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 293. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Jupiter presents Victory on a globe to Maximian, A between, XXI• in exergue. RIC 607 corr. (obverse legend and bust type); Cohen 53. Good Very Fine.(3.86gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Six [6] Mixed AE Antoniniani Coins. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Group comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 13.96gr total, 16-19mm.
Fine-Very Fine.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Iuliopolis, Bithynia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing to left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 71078; RG -. 9.32gr, 26mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Extremely rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AE Nummus. AD 393-423. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to left, holding spear and resting on shield; Victory crowning the emperor with wreath; SM[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC 68 (Cyzicus). 1.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
