Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Electronic Auction 488 24 Mar 2021
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Licinius II. Caesar, AD 317-324. Æ Follis (18.5mm, 3.58 g, 12h). Thessalonica mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 319. Laureate bust left, wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; •TS•A•. RIC VII 63 var. (bust type). Red-brown surfaces, some roughness. VF. Rare with this bust type.
Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection of Late Roman Bronzes.
Giovanni Dattari, an Italian businessman born in the mid-1850s, moved to Cairo, Egypt 30 years later and became fascinated with the Roman provincial coinage of Alexandria. His vast and comprehensive collection of Roman Egyptian coinage was first published in 1901 and still serves a primary reference for the series. Dattari also collected other coin types as well, including nearly 20,000 Roman Imperial coins of Alexandria and other mints, with the same eye for quality and variety that he devoted to the provincial coinage, although he did not employ the same intensive cataloguing and record keeping. His collections were dispersed in large group lots in the early 1900s, several of which remained intact until they were acquired by two European dealers in recent years and were sold in a series of auctions. This offering of Late Roman bronzes formed part of one such intact lot and will be offered in this and subsequent CNG electronic auctions both as single and small group lots.
Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection of Late Roman Bronzes.
Giovanni Dattari, an Italian businessman born in the mid-1850s, moved to Cairo, Egypt 30 years later and became fascinated with the Roman provincial coinage of Alexandria. His vast and comprehensive collection of Roman Egyptian coinage was first published in 1901 and still serves a primary reference for the series. Dattari also collected other coin types as well, including nearly 20,000 Roman Imperial coins of Alexandria and other mints, with the same eye for quality and variety that he devoted to the provincial coinage, although he did not employ the same intensive cataloguing and record keeping. His collections were dispersed in large group lots in the early 1900s, several of which remained intact until they were acquired by two European dealers in recent years and were sold in a series of auctions. This offering of Late Roman bronzes formed part of one such intact lot and will be offered in this and subsequent CNG electronic auctions both as single and small group lots.