LOT 3524
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 24b. Near Extremely Fine.(10.68gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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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. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 213. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVI COS IIII P P, Hercules standing to left, holding branch and club, lion skin draped over arm. RIC IV 206a; BMCRE 48; RSC 220. 3.31gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding head of Serapis with left; crescent above Z in left field; ANT in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 154c (SOLE). 7.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare with SOLI instead of SOLE in reverse legend.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
