LOT 3531
Maximian BI Nummus. Struck AD 298-303. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; •TSB• in exergue. RIC VI 21b. Near Very Fine.(9.69gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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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. -
![Group of Eight [8] Roman Imperial AR Denarii.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/243088-s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Various emperors. 21.25gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 307. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / CONSERVATORES VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple, plain pediment; R(star)Q in exergue. RIC VI 196. 5.81gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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.
