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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

D N IVSTINIANVS P Γ AVC (partially ligate), diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing slightly to right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif on arm / VICTORIA AVCCC (pellet) A, Victory standing to left, holding long voided cross; star to left, COMOB in exergue, pellets at end of exergual line. Ladich 4 var. (no pellet in legend; Rome); MEC I 122 var. (same; Rome); BMC Vandals 4 (Ravenna); Roma XXV, lot 1137 (same dies). 4.40gr, 21mm, 6h.

Good Extremely Fine. A gem of Migrationary coinage. Very rare.

From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.