LOT 3532
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286-305. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; AQP (or AQ•P?) in exergue. Unpublished with this mintmark or RIC VI 29b. Near Extremely Fine.(9.83gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Nero AE Sestertius. AD 67. Roma mint.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P XIII P P, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding long sceptre and resting left arm on shield, S C across field, ROMA in exergue. RIC I 356; Cohen 284; BMCRE 114; BN 427-428; WCN 168. 25.97gr, 36mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned and slightly smoothed in the fields.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-351. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing left, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with a Christogram; A in right field. Cf. RIC VIII 264. 5.75gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing facing, head to right, leaning on club draped with lion skin set on rock. RIC IV 116; RSC 403. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
