LOT 3147
Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408.
Uncertain mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, head to right, carrying trophy over right shoulder and dragging captive behind her; staurogram in left field, uncertain mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 65c (Thessalonica). Very Fine.(1.27gr, 12mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AR Denarius. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Rome mint; struck AD 83. IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M, laureate head to right / TR POT II COS VIIII DES X P P, Minerva standing to right on rostral column, holding spear with right hand and shield with left; owl at feet to right. RIC II.1 164; BMCRE 41; RSC 606. 2.68gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
From Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. 270-274 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C PIV ESV TETR[ICVS CAE]S, radiate and draped bust to right / [SPES P]VBLI[CA], Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 272; RIC V.4 759. 2.60gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, resting right hand on shield and holding inverted spear in left; P in exergue. RIC V.1 - (unlisted bust type); MIR 1150k. 3.83gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Intact silvering. Very rare bust type.
From a London collection, 1990s.
