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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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius I to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 4.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Postumus wearing cuirass and standing to right, holding globe and spear. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. 3.44gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 361-363. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing right, two stars above, ΑΝΤΔ between palm branches in exergue. RIC 220; LRBC 264. 9.02gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. With dark brown patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
