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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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Southern Gallic mint. [...]TRICVS [...], radiate bust to right / [SALV]S AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding rudder. Cf. RIC V.1 267 (AVGG). 2.26gr, 16mm, 1h
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Emesa mint; struck AD 194-5. IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, laureate head to right / LIBER[...] AVG, Liberalitas standing facing, head to left, holding abacus and cornucopia. Cf. RIC IV 400; cf. Cohen 283; cf. RSC 283a. 2.66gr, 18mm, 5h
Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector. -
Carus BI Antoninianus. AD 282-283.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 283. 1st officina. IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / RESTITVT ORBIS, female standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing facing, head to left, holding globe with right hand and sceptre with left; star in lower centre; XXIP in exergue. RIC V.2 - (cf. 106, placement of officina); La Venera 4038; Wildwinds (example by Lee Johnson, February 2001). 3.94gr, 22mm, 2h
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; none on CoinArchives and possibly the third known example.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
