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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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. 3.86gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Ticinum mint; struck AD 322-325. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around wreath containing VOT • X (crescent); P T below. RIC VII 168. 2.71gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Rome mint. MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTAE, Pietas standing facing, head to left, holding perfume box; S C across field. RIC IV 208a (Philip I); Cohen 46. 20.56gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Tooled.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
