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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Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head to left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; SMKB in exergue. RIC VII 28. 2.60gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive olive-green patina.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 246. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748. -
Hadrian AR Denarius Struck AD 137-July 138. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding wand over globe in her outstretched right hand and sceptre in her left. RIC II.3, 2320; BMC 695; Cohen 1204. 2.52gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
