LOT 4080
Domitian, as Caesar AE As. AD 73-74. Rome mint.
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIAN COS II, laureate head to right / VICTORIA AVGVST, Victory standing to right on prow, holding wreath and palm branch; in field, S C. RIC 676 (Vespasian); Cohen 628; BMC 692 (Vespasian). Very Fine.(8.95gr, 25mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom UK private collection.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 4080
Domitian, as Caesar AE As.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Siscia mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines above altar inscribed with pellet; ASIS• in exergue. RIC VII 59. 3.29gr, 19mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. AD 476-489. Rome mint. In the name of Zeno.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3654; Depeyrot 91/1; Lacam pl. 57, 70 (same obv. die); NAC 93, 1096 (hammer: 8,500 CHF); CNG MB 72, 2213; Roma XXIII, 1152 (same obv. die). 4.40gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 606. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
In RIC X, Kent argues that the Rome solidi struck at the behest of Odovacar can be divided into two series. The first series bearing the mint mark COMOB and :, R or Γ at the end of the reverse legend, and the second with •COMOB• and Γ• or Ä (see p. 216). -
Theodosius I BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Nicomedia mint. Uncertain officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Concordia, helmeted seated facing, head to left, holding globe and spear; palm branch in left and right field, SMN[?] in exergue. RIC IX 29. 2.02gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
