Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. AD 476-489. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Zeno.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
D N ZENO PERP AVG (AV ligate), pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; M-D across fields, star to left, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3601; Lacam pl. 53, 55; Depeyrot 39/1. 4.34gr, 21mm, 12h.
About Mint State. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Ostrogoths, Theoderic. AV Solidus. Dated AD 491-518. Rome mint. In the name of Anastasius I.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £800
D N ANASTASIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Θ, Victory standing to left, holding jewelled cross; star in right field, mint monogram in left field, COMOB in exergue. Metlich 6; Ladich 36; Lacam-pl. 59, 88; MEC -; BMC Vandals 63. 4.38gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. An attractive, lustrous coin. Rare.
From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Visigoths. Pseudo-Imperial AV Solidus. Circa AD 461-470. Imitation of a mint in Gaul. In the name of Libius Severus.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
D N BIS SEVER-VS P F ΛVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust το / VICTORI-Λ ΛVGGG (retrograde), emperor standing facing, long cross in left hand, stylized rendering of Victory on globe in right, left foot on man-headed serpent; R-A (retrograde) across fields, [...]OB (retrograde) in exergue. Cf. RIC X 3754. 4.48gr, 24mm including loop, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Possibly contemporary suspension loop attached.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Visigoths. Spain, Sisebut AV Tremissis. AD 612-621. Hispalis (Seville) mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £300
✠ ƧISEBYTYS RE, facing bust / ✠ ISPΛLIPIΥS, facing bust. MEC 232; CNV 219.35; cf. Miles, Visigoths 187(g). 1.46gr, 19mm, 6h.
About Mint State. Rare with retrograde S.
From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Twenty-Two [22] Ancient Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Other Ancient Bronze Coins. 3rd century BC-4th century AD.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: various rulers, denominations, and reverse types. 67gr total, 13-26 mm.
As shown.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Twenty [20] Gallienus to Valentinian Mixed AE Roman Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £75
Group comprising: Gallienus, Antoninianus (1); later bronzes, mostly the family of Constantine I (19); various issues, reverse types and mints. 56.36gr total, 16-26mm.
Good Fine-Very Fine.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. -
Group of Four [4] Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus Coins. AD 259-269.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 11.71gr total, 20-22mm.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Three [3] Late Roman AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 5.35gr total, 13-15mm.
As Shown.
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s. -
Group of Thirteen [13] Ancient Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Other Ancient Bronze Coins. 200 BC-400 AD.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: various rulers, denominations, and reverse types. 70gr total, 10-29 mm.
As shown.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Fourteen [14] Roman Mainly Silver Denarius Coins. Circa 1st-4th century AD.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 30.15gr total, 13-22mm.
As Shown.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Three [3] Late Roman AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 4.85gr total, 13-19mm.
As Shown.
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s. -
Group of Fourteen [14] Ancient Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Other Ancient Bronze Coins. 200 BC-400 AD.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: various rulers, denominations, and reverse types. 43gr total, 10-25 mm.
As shown.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
