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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Diva Faustina I AE Dupondius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 150-late 150s. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / [AET]ER-NITAS, Aeternitas seated to left, holding phoenix on globe and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC III 1156 (Pius). 13.51gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS 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; Є in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. 9.88gr, 27mm, 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. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 219. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P II COS II P P, Providentia standing to left, legs crossed, holding rod and cornucopia, and leaning on column; globe at feet. RIC IV 23; BMCRE 102; RSC 144. 2.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
