LOT 3420
Time of Maximinus II AE 16mm. AD 310-313.
Antioch mint; struck circa AD 312. 10th officina. 'Persecution Issue'. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; I in right field, SMA in exergue. Van Heesch, Last 3a; McAlee 170j; Vagi 2954. Near Very Fine.(0.90gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. 12th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS [AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETI[TIA 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). 2.43gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nerva AE As. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint. IMP NERVA [...], laureate head to right / FORTVNA [...], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields. Cf. RIC II 83. 9.14gr, 26mm, 6h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
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.
