LOT 3421
Time of Maximinus II AE 15mm. AD 310-313.
Antioch mint; struck circa AD 312. 7th officina. 'Persecution Issue'. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Z in right field, SMA in exergue. McAlee 170; Vagi 2954; Failmezger 229. Near Very Fine.(1.62gr, 15mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Arelate mint; struck AD 321. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT • XX in three lines within laurel wreath; P(star within crescent)A in exergue. RIC VII 239. 3.65gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful olive green patina.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Local imitation. [I]MP TETRICV[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, female figure standing facing, head to left, holding palm branch with right and cornucopia with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 80 (Hilaritas). 2.47gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 241-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing to right, resting one hand on hip and other on club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 95; RSC 404. 4.07gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
