LOT 3707
Constantius I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 296-303. London mint.
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, modius on head and chlamys on shoulder, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC VI 14a; C&T 2.01.010; RML 37. Very Fine. Struck on a large flan.(9.91gr, 30mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Magnus Maximus AE Minimus AD 383- 388. Arelate mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES ROMANORVM, camp gate with star between its two turrets; [PCON] in exergue. RIC IX 29a. 1.09gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 1169. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 134-138. Rome mint.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust to right / SPES P R, Spes standing to left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt; S C across fields. RIC 790; BMCRE 1564. 29.07gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 269. Treveri mint. 1st emission.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C M PIAVVONIVS VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre. RIC V.2 116 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 501; Elmer 646; Cunetio 2514; AGK 12b. 2.76gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare issue with full form of Victorinus' name.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This extremely rare coin, displaying the full, long form of Victorinus' name, is from the very first issue of his coinage at Treveri, struck immediately upon his acclamation as Emperor after the death of Marius in AD 269. The paucity of extant examples of the type suggests that the issue was very brief, perhaps lasting only a month, after which point the obverse legend was abbreviated.
