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 Nummus. Struck AD 298-303. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; •TSB• in exergue. RIC VI 21b. 9.69gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 240b var. (rev. legend AVGG); RSC 2 var. (same); Bland 63. 4.92gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning with golden iridescence around the devices.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Claudius I AE As. Circa AD 41-50. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bare head to left / Minerva standing to right, hurling javelin and holding rounded shield; S C across lower fields. For prototype, cf. RIC I 100, Cohen 83, BMCRE 149. 5.25gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
