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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Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Securitas standing to left, legs crossed, holding sceptre and leaning on column. RIC IV 24; RSC 62. 3.33gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-335. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma to left / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; above, two stars and three pellets; SMNS in exergue. RIC 195. 2.31gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 261. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding standards in each hand. RIC V.2 59; RSC 67a. 2.54gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
