LOT 2960
Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253. Rome mint.
IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing to left, holding grounded shield and spear; star in right field. RIC IV 187; RSC 135a. Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.(3.10gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom Besançon Numismatique, 28 April 2015.
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Maximian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-298. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, the Genius of the Roman people standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; R S in fields, Δ in exergue. RIC 71b corr. 9.79gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 130-133. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right / RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE, Hadrian, togate, standing to left, holding scroll in his left hand and raising up Hispania, who kneels to left before him and holds an olive branch in her left hand, with his right. RIC 1580; Cohen 1260. 2.93gr, 18mm, 6h.
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 BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with six rows, no doors, pellet in doorway and two turrets; star above, SMANTΔ in exergue. RIC 73. 2.91gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
