LOT 3575
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 312. Nicomedia mint. 7th officina.
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing to left, holding patera, from which liquor flows, and cornucopia, altar on left; star above Z (retrograde) in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VI 74b. Good Very Fine.(4.88gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITAS AVGG, elephant walking to left, guided by mahout. RIC IV 58; RSC 17. 3.96gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 111. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / S • P • Q • R OPTIMO PRINCIPI • around, S C across fields, ALIM • ITAL in exergue, Abundantia standing facing, head to left, holding two grain ears in her right hand and cornucopia in her left; to left, child, togate, standing facing. RIC II 460 var. (differing bust type); BMC 918 note; Cohen 8 var. (differing bust type); Woytek 355b. 13.56gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Galerius BI Nummus. Struck AD 309. Antioch mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, holding patera, from which liquid pours, and cornucopia; O above S in right field, ANT• in exergue. RIC VI 112a. 6.60gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
