LOT 3819
Maximinus II BI Nummus. Struck AD 311-312. London mint. 1st officina.
IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopia; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 209b; C&T 7.05.011; RML 413. Very Fine. Scratches on obverse.(4.45gr, 22mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Including two old coin tickets.
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Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 120-121. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT • X in two lines within wreath; •AQS•. in exergue. RIC VII 97. 2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 262-mid AD 263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars, helmeted, standing to right, holding long spear in right hand and grounded shield in left. RIC V 93; RIC V.4 207; AGK 102; Cunetio 2400; Elmer 190. 3.29gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
