LOT 3263
Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 302-304. 2nd officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lit altar with right hand and cornucopia with left; B in right field, PLG in exergue. RIC VI 108b; Lyon 342. Near Extremely Fine. Green-brown patina; partially silvering.(9.61gr, 28mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Augustus AR Denarius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?); struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / S•P•Q•R CL•V in two lines on round shield (clipeus virtutis). RIC I 42a; BMCRE 333-4 = BMCRR Gaul 128-9; RSC 294; BN 1311. 3.59gr, 21mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned; minor areas of corrosion.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 815 (dealer's ticket included); Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 90, 4 June 2012, lot 323. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-271. 5th officina. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 526; Elmer 682; AGK 14b. 3.43gr, 20mm, 12
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 4th officina. CONST-ANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated at the base of standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines; S F across upper fields, HL (ligate) in right field; ΔSIS(star within crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 127. 2.92gr, 19mm, 8h
Extremely Fine. Black patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
