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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Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296. London(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left; waves and Q[...] below. Cf. RIC V.2 55. 2.16gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996. -
Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTORVM, priestly implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, patera, and lituus. RIC IV 143 (Decius); RSC 14. 3.00gr, 22m, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Julia Maesa AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil over face and holding transverse sceptre. RIC IV 268 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 76 (Elagabalus); RSC 36. 3.57gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
