LOT 3292
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Rome mint. 12th officina. [IMP C M AVR CL QVI]NTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETIT[IA AVG], Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor set on globe; XII in right field. Cf. RIC V.1 22; cf. MER-RIC 1202 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(2.64gr, 21mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Alexandria mint; struck AD 335-337. 2nd officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; SMALB in exergue. RIC VII 70. 2.94gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
London mint; struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopia; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 209b; C&T 7.05.011; RML 413. 3.81gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10
Mediolanum mint; struck circa AD 269-270. 2nd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F [AVG], radiate, draped, [and cuirassed?] bust to right, seen from behind / FIDES [MIL]IT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149; cf. Cohen 89; cf. MER-RIC 57. 2.92gr, 20mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
