LOT 3572
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding head of Serapis with left; crescent above Z in left field; ANT in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 154c (SOLE). Near Extremely Fine. Very rare with SOLI instead of SOLE in reverse legend.(7.20gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in raised hand and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 12; BMCRE 68-71; RSC 31a. 3.39gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 301. Alexandria mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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 liquid flows; Δ in right field, XX-I across fields, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 32a. 9.10gr, 26mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-299. Cyzicus(?) mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K(?)Є in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 12a. 10.80gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
