LOT 3059
Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. AD 310-313. Antioch mint. Uncertain officina. 'Persecution Issue'.
IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated on throne to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch; uncertain letter in right field; ANT in exergue. Cf. Van Heesch, Last 2; cf. McAlee 171h. Near Very Fine.(1.68gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 251-253. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 33; RSC 37. 2.79gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar AE Nummus. AD 323-324. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in three lines within laurel wreath; STR (crescent) below. RIC VII 441. 4.25gr, 20mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 4th officina. Abdication issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; Δ above KP in lower centre, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 109. 5.94gr, 24mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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