LOT 3574
Maximinus II BI Nummus. Struck AD 312. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. Near Very Fine.(4.48gr, 21mm, 11h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at foot; A in exergue. RIC V.2 384. 3.78gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no door and two turrets, star above; SMHΓ below. RIC VII 75. 2.85gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 120-121. Rome mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate and draped bust to right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; S C across field. RIC II.3 435; Cohen 974; BMCRE 1196. 25.89gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Nice cypress-green patina. Very rare.
Acquired from DRG Coins & Antiquities, May 2017. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
