LOT 3231
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 258. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LEG I MIN VI P VI F, Minerva standing to left, holding Victory, spear and shield. RIC V.1 322 (joint reign); MIR 988n; RSC 459a. Good Fine.(3.98gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 364-375.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Antioch mint; struck AD 364-367. 3rd officina. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor in military attire standing facing, head to right, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with Christogram; ANTΓ in exergue. RIC IX 2a, ii. 4.40gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Arcadius AE Maiorina. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 383-395. 3rd officina. D N ARCAD-IVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield; hand of God holding wreath above / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding standard and resting on shield; captive seated to left, head to right; TESΓ[•?] in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 45a. 4.36gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck early-mid AD 250. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil from face and holding sceptre. RIC IV 59b (Decius); RSC 19. 4.00gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
