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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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, emperor in Syrian robes standing to left, sacrificing from patera over tripod and holding branch; star in left field. RIC IV 146; BMCRE 232; RSC 276. 3.63gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very 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. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Radiate bust to right / Pontifical implements. 4.55gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
