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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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 103-111. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust to right with slight drapery on left shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Pax standing to left, holding cornucopia and setting fire to pile of arms; PAX in exergue. RIC II 102; BMCRE 401; RSC 196b. 3.35gr, 19mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; shield below. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 1-2; RSC 222a. 2.98gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very 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. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 254-255. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVA, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC V.1 143 (joint reign); RSC 351. 4.16gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
