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IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath with jewel at apex containing VOT X in two lines; ΘSIS(pellet in crescent) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 169 note. 2.91gr, 19mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine.

Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around laurel wreath enclosing VOT•V in three lines; RT in exergue. RIC VII 234. 3.12gr, 19mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

From a Berkshire, UK, gentleman's numismatic collection.

IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AV-GVSTI CMH, Genius, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos and holding patera from which liquor flows in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; SMNB in exergue. RIC 66c. 5.59gr, 24mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand in salute and holding globe in his left; R F across fields, R(star)P in exergue. RIC VII 22. 2.85gr, 22mm, 7h.

Very Fine. Beautiful green patina. Rare with this bust.

From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [GLORIA EX]ERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing each other, each holding reversed spear and resting shield on ground, two standards between; SMHA(star) in exergue. RIC VII 138 (r4). 2.38gr, 17mm, 11h.

Very Fine. Very rare.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp-gate with no door and two turrets; star above, SMANTΓ in exergue. RIC VII 74. 3.25gr, 19mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, looking inwards, each holding spear and resting hand on shield; two standards between them, SMANH in exergue. RIC VII 88. 2.28gr, 17mm, 5h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Purchased from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, 2006. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 1329. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

D N IVLIANVS NOB CAES, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Star within wreath; ANT below. RIC VIII 187. 1.86gr, 18mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Edge ragged and flan cracked. Scarce.

Found Essex, UK.

D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing to right; above, star; (palm) NIKΓ • (palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 122. 8.95gr, 28mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, T in left field, SMKA in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 11a & 13a (no T). 2.20gr, 18mm, 1h.

Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished variant.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICÆ, emperor standing facing with head to right, holding Victory on globe and labarum with Chi-Rho; KONSTAN (TAN ligate) in exergue. RIC IX, 1g; British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference BERK-9CAE71 (this coin). 4.42gr, 21mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine. Some small marks.

Found near Marlborough, Berkshire, UK. Accompanied by British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme record BERK-9CAE71.

D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; LVGPS in exergue. RIC IX 43a.1; Lyon 208; RSC 76†b. 1.81gr, 18mm, 2h.

Near Very Fine.

Found Berkshire, UK.