LOT 3609
Arcadius BI 23mm. AD 383-388. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield, and being crowned by Manus Dei from above / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing to left, holding labarum and shield set on ground, to left, captive seated to right; cross in left field, T in right field, *ANTS in exergue. RIC IX 60 (2) var. (rosette-diademed). Near Very Fine. Rare.(6.32gr, 23mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
MAGͶͶ-[...], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ƧVL[...], large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, TRE in exergue. See Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971). 7.01gr, 24mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare imitative issue.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
![Group of Eight [8] Roman Imperial AR Denarii.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/243088-s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Various emperors. 21.25gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Jovian AR Siliqua. AD 363-364. Constantinople(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
D N IOVIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Laurel wreath enclosing VOT V MVL X in four lines; TCONST(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 331. 1.66gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
