LOT 3057
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.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Divus Constantine I AE Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Antioch mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG, veiled head of Constantine I to right / Constantine I in quadriga to right, extending hand toward manus Dei above; [star above?]; SMANH in exergue. Cf. RIC VIII 37. 1.76gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding grain ears and poppy in extended right hand, and cradling cornucopia in left arm; EPHE (PHE ligate) in exergue. RIC II 329; RPC II 830; BMCRE 453; BN 343; RSC 67. 3.34gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving galloping quadriga to left, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 200; Cohen 648. 3.78gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
