LOT 3877
Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408. Uncertain mint.
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding trophy over her right shoulder and dragging captive with her left; Christogram in field to left; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 86c (Constantinople). Near Very Fine.(1.69gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 260-267. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing to left, looking to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC 644F; Goebl 1612b. 3.19gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 324-337. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and resting hand upon shield; two signa between them; RFT in exergue. RIC 329. 3,01gr, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Repatinated.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club set on ground with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC 213; Cohen 137; RIC V online 1022. 3.32gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
