LOT 3215
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Rome mint; struck AD 250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PANNONIAE, the two Pannoniae, veiled and robed, standing facing, turning right and left away from one another and each holding a standard. RIC IV 21b; RSC 86. Very Fine.(4.45gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; S P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 321. 4.69gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Constantius II, as Caesar AV Solidus. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,770
Ticinum mint; struck AD 324-325. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI I-V-VENTVTIS, prince standing facing, head to right, holding legionary standard surmounted by eagle with right hand and sceptre with left; in field to right, another standard surmounted by hand; SMT in exergue. RIC VII 181; Cahn 71, 1847; Basel xvii, 612. 4.38gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Alexandria mint; struck AD 312. 4th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding head of Serapis and cornucopia; N above palm branch in left field, Δ in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 157b var. (placement of branch). 4.77gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 2h.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
