LOT 3294
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270. 2nd officina. IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing to left, holding two standards, S in exergue. RIC V.1 52 var. (bust type); MER-RIC 1116 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine.(1.96gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Local imitation(?). DIVO CL[...], radiate head to right / [...]RATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. Cf. RIC V.1 261. 2.14gr, 17mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 315-316. 2nd officina. IMP LIC • LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; eagle at feet with wreath to left, B in right field, •SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 17. 4.05gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck March AD 291 - October 292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX [AVG], Pax standing to left, holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; S in left field, P in right field, MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 118; Webb 139. 3.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
