Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Gratian BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and reversed spear; I in left field, branch in right field, SMHA in exergue. RIC IX 14a. 1.98gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Valentinian II AE 13mm. AD 383-392. Cyzicus mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left with trophy and dragging captive; Christogram in left field, SMKA(?) in exergue. RIC IX 26a. 0.66gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Theodosius I BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Nicomedia mint. Uncertain officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Concordia, helmeted seated facing, head to left, holding globe and spear; palm branch in left and right field, SMN[?] in exergue. RIC IX 29. 2.02gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Theodosius I BI Nummus. AD 379-395. Cyzicus mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, raising hand; SMKΓ in exergue. RIC IX 29a. 2.64gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aelia Eudoxia, Augusta AV Solidus. Struck AD 402-403. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
AEL EVDOXIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust to right, crowned by Manus Dei above / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory, winged and draped, seated to right on cuirass with shield behind, inscribing Christogram on shield which rests on knee; CONOB in exergue. RIC X 28 (Arcadius); Depeyrot 55/4. 4.47gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Lustrous, well-centred and boasting remarkable detail.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AV Solidus. AD 397-402. Mediolanum mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed to bust / VICTORIA AVGGG, emperor standing to right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 1206d; Depeyrot 16/2. 4.40gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. A bright and lustrous example.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AR Siliqua. AD 395-402. Mediolanum mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT V MVLT X in four lines within wreath; in exergue, MDPS. RIC X 1226; RSC 63†. 1.08gr, 15mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius BI Nummus. AD 393-395. Nicomedia mint. Uncertain officina.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing facing, head to right, holding standard and globe; SMN[?] in exergue. RIC IX 46c.1. 4.55gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AE 21mm. AD 393-423. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor standing facing, holding globe and labarum; ALEB in exergue. Cf. RIC 21d; cf. Cohen 20. 7.05gr, 21mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Rare unusually heavy issue.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Marcian AE 10mm. AD 450-457. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Monogram of Marcian within wreath, mint mark below. Cf. RIC X 541-542, 553, 558, 560. 1.24gr, 10mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Leo I AV Solidus. AD 462-473. Thessalonica mint.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £375
D N LEO PE-RPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in left and right fields, THSOB in exergue. RIC X 618; Depeyrot 59/1. 4.40gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Zeno AV Solidus. AD 476-491. Thessalonica mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
D N ZENO PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in left and right fields, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 939; Depeyrot 62/1. 4.39gr, 21mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From the Campostella Collection. Acquired from Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, February 1990. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 586. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
