LOT 3885
Avitus(?) AE Nummus. AD 455-456. Rome mint.
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond. Cf. RIC 2413. Near Very Fine.(1.41gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of uncertain type. For obverse cf. RIC 284 (obverse of Nummus of Diocletian, Heraclea). 4.73gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Leo I AE 11mm. AD 457-474. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right. Cf. RIC X, 673-4. 1.21gr, 11mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271. Southern mint or Colonia Agrippinensis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £62
IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, holding patera and feeding serpent in arms. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.34gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
