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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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. Struck circa AD 351-353. Following possibly Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...]IVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A to left / VICT DD [...], two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; mintmark in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151; SCBC 750. 3.39gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 97. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P, laureate head to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, holding corn ears in right hand. RIC - (cf. 33 for Aureus); Cohen 60; BMC p. 9 note; CBN 44. 3.14gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP PO[STVMVS] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VIRTV]S EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield. Cf. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388. 2.37gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h. Much of the original silvering remaining.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
