LOT 3550
Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. Struck circa AD 309-310. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing to left, holding apple and drapery; Δ and star across fields, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 58. Near Very Fine.(5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 3.24gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Arcadius BI 23mm. AD 383-388. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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). 6.32gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 24b. 10.66gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
