LOT 3727
Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint.
5th officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; X in left field, Є over K in right field; ALE in exergue. RIC VI 78. Very Fine.(5.61gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3727
Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Incuse of IMP CONSTANTINVS [...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of standing figure, obscure inscription. 4.03gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constans(?) BI Centenionalis. 4th century AD. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...]S P F AVG [...]IIC, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] VICTORIAE [...], soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman. 1.64gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Mars standing to left, holding olive branch in raised right hand and spear and shield resting on ground to left; XXIZ in exergue. RIC V.1 83; Cohen 15. 3.49gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
