LOT 3649
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, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 298a; Cohen 111; Hunter 134. Very Fine.(22.24gr, 30mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Aelia Eudoxia Augusta BI Half-Maiorina. AD 400-402. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, diademed draped bust right, above, Manus Dei holding wreath / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting shield inscribed with a Christogram set on column, AMNB in exergue. RIC 80; LRBC 2450. 1.81gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Valentinian II AE Centenionalis. AD 378-383. Constantinople mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear pointed forwards and shield / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing to left on galley with Victory at helm; wreath to left, CONΔ in exergue. RIC 52b.2; LRBC 2151. 4.49gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Nice green patina.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Gaius (Caligula) AE Quadrans. AD 40-41. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRO N AVG, pileus between S C / COS TERT PON M TR P IIII P P around R CC. RIC 52; Cohen 7; BMC 64. 2.74gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
