LOT 3131
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Antioch mint. Struck AD 247-8. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC IV 27b var. (Rome; reverse legend); RSC 9 var. (same). Near Extremely Fine.(4.79gr, 22mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Uncertain mint in Gaul. Imitative issue(?). [...]ES TETRICVS CAE, radiate and draped(?) bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding rudder(?). Cf. RIC V.2 267. 2.57gr, 17mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Siscia mint; struck AD 295. 1st officina. IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; A in right field, (star)SIS in exergue. RIC VI 85b. 9.65gr, 28mm, 11h
Extremely Fine. Full silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 313-315. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; T F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VII 42. 3.32gr, 24mm, 6h
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
