LOT 3155
Nerva AE As. AD 96-98.
Rome mint. IMP NERVA [...], laureate head to right / FORTVNA [...], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields. Cf. RIC II 83. Fine.(9.14gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carthage mint; struck AD 297-298. 8th officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / FELIX A-D-VENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding signum and tusk; at feet to left, lion with captured bull; H in left field, PKS in exergue. RIC V 23b. 10.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Heraclea mint; struck AD 316-317. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to left, holding sceptre, globe and mappa / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with three turrets, no doors; HTA in exergue. RIC VII 15. 2.67gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 281. 6th officina. IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, holding sceptre and raising hand in salute; captive seated below to left, R(star)ς in exergue. RIC V.2 157; probuscoins.fr 1972. 4.02gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Original silvering fully intact.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
