LOT 3459
Arcadius AE Maiorina. AD 383-408.
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 383-395. 3rd officina. D N ARCAD-IVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield; hand of God holding wreath above / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding standard and resting on shield; captive seated to left, head to right; TESΓ[•?] in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 45a. Near Very Fine.(4.36gr, 23mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. 3.86gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor, BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / HILARITAS AVGG, Hilaritas standing to left, holding long branch with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC V.2 80; RIC V.4 801. 4.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, holding sceptre / Victory standing to left, foot on prow, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield set on ground; palm frond in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VII 563. 2.55gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
