LOT 3658
Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter, naked, standing facing, looking to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC IV 298a. Very Fine. Some encrustations.(14.50gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 85, 17 June 2021, lot 2189 (company's ticket included).
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Contemporary imitation of an uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Garbled legend around radiate and draped bust of Tetricus I to right. / Garbled legend imitating INVICTVS, Sol standing to left, holding whip and raising right hand. For prototype cf. RIC V.2, 82-84. 3.41gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
1st officina. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor standing to left on galley, holding Victory on globe and Chi-Ro standard, behind, Victory steering ship; A in left field, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 243. 4.12gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Valentinian II AE 21mm. AD 383-388. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS E-XERCITI, emperor standing to right, holding standard and globe, foot on captive to right; ANTΔ in exergue. RIC IX 63a var. (officina not listed). 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare with this officina.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
