LOT 3362
Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Carthage mint; struck AD 297-298. 8th officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / FELIX A-D-VENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding signum and tusk; at feet to left, lion with captured bull; H in left field, PKS in exergue. RIC V 23b. Good Very Fine.(10.64gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Coincraft, London, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 244-246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, prince standing to right, holding globe and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 216c; RSC 54. 3.58gr, 23mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Contemporary imitation from an irregular mint. IMP C POSTVM[...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, Mars walking to right, holding spear and trophy. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 57 (Lugdunum). 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Antioch mint; struck AD 326-327. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no door, two turrets, star above and pellet within doorway; SMANTA in exergue. RIC VII 71. 2.86gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
