LOT 3124
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-238.
Rome mint; struck AD 235-236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. Fleur De Coin. Beautiful deep old cabinet tone.(3.25gr, 21mm, 6h).
ProvenanceEx Beaussant Lefevre, 16 March 2011, no.75.
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LOT 3124
Maximinus I AR Denarius.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 147-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint. Struck AD 161-175. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, between two children reaching up and holding two infants in her arms. RIC III 676 (Aurelius); BMCRE 89 (Aurelius and Verus); RSC 95. 3.00gr, 18mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Minor deposits on both sides.
Ex Spink London, dealer's ticket included; Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Aquileia mint; struck AD 307-310. 3rd officina. IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, with shield by left side, in hexastyle temple; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 125; Cohen 32. 5.32gr, 24mm, 5h
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 89, 12 May 2024, lot 716 (since professionally cleaned); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory, holding trophy with right hand and palm with left, advancing to right towards captive seated on ground to right, looking to left; STR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 435 corr. (palm). 3.37gr, 19mm, 5h
Extremely Fine. Glossy dark green patina.
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993; Ex Spink & Son, 21 June 2004; Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
