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LOT 3507
Numerian BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 283. Lugdunum mint. 3rd officina.
IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / M[ARS] VICTOR, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy; C in right field. RIC V.2 386; Cohen 24. Very Fine. Rare.(3.76gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS 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; HTΔ in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 11.14gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitian, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 80-81. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
CAESAR • DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII •, laureate head to right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, garlanded and lit altar with horns. RIC II.1 266 (Titus); BMCRE 92-6 (Titus); BN 76-7 (Titus); RSC 397a. 2.81gr, 18mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive cabinet tone with golden and blue iridescence.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS 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; Є in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. 9.88gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
