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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Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of uncertain type. For obverse cf. RIC 284 (obverse of Nummus of Diocletian, Heraclea). 4.73gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 321. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; C R across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC 166. 3.16gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe. RIC IV 83; RSC 41. 4.01gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
