LOT 3734
Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. AD 310. Antioch mint. 'Persecution' issue.
IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding globe and sceptre / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; A(?) in left field, ANT in exergue. Cf. McAlee 171; cf. Van Heesch, Last 2. Near Very Fine.(1.39gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; B above V in right field, K in left field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54b. 7.84gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing to left, holding olive-branch and cornucopia. RIC II 345; BMCRE 594 note; RSC 280. 3.26gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
1st officina. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor standing to left on galley, holding Victory on globe and Chi-Ro standard, behind, Victory steering ship; A in left field, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 243. 4.42gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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