LOT 3164
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint. [ANTON]INVS AVG PIVS P P TR P X[...], laureate head to right / COS IIII, Vesta standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar with patera and holding palladium. Cf. RIC III 238. Near Very Fine.(2.48gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ambianum mint; struck AD 351-352. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTORIAE DD NN] AVG ET CAE, two Victories facing each other, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X written in four lines; AMB(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 23. 3.45gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate bust to left wearing ornate trabea, holding Victory on globe in right hand and mappa in left / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 2.88gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Valens BI 19mm. AD 364-378.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 364-367. 2nd officina. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing to right, holding banner with Chi-Ro and dragging captive; BSISC in exergue. RIC IX 5b. 2.81gr, 19mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
