LOT 3205
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Rome mint; struck AD 246-248. M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / IVNO CONSERVAT, Juno standing to left, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC IV 127 (Philip I) corr. (date); RSC 20. Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.(4.09gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Siscia mint; struck AD 315-316. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, B in right field, •SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 15. 3.85gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint; struck AD 317. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys across shoulder, raising his right hand and holding globe with left; S-P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 115; C&T 8.09.020; RML 807. 3.24gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Heraclea mint; struck AD 297-298. 1st officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 10.05gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Nash collection, 1990s-2000s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
