LOT 3656
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 246. Rome mint.
M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.(4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748.
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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding whip with left. RIC IV 101; BMCRE 623; RSC 388. 2.34gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•Δ• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 3.83gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Licinius II as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-320. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N VAL LIC LICINIVS NOB C. laureate and cuirassed bust of Licinius II as Caesar to left, holding mappa in his right hand and sceptre in his left / IOVI CONSER-VATORI CAESS, crescent and B across field, Jupiter standing front, head to left, holding globe and leaning on sceptre, SMAL in exergue. RIC 25. 3.75gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine dark patina and some silvering.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
