LOT 3456
Gratian AE Nummus. AD 367-383.
Antioch mint; struck AD 378-383. 1st officina. D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVGGG, Roma helmeted seated facing, head to left, holding globe and spear; Θ to left, Φ over K to right, ANTA in exergue. RIC IX 45a; LRBC 2699. Good Very Fine.(2.79gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 270-271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising hand and holding whip; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Faustina II, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 147-175.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 170-175/6. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / IVNO, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre; peacock at feet. RIC III 688 (Aurelius); BMCRE 107-8 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 120a. 3.22gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from Redhouse Antiques, York, 2015. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ambianum mint; struck AD 351-352. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTORIAE DD NN] AVG ET CAE, two Victories facing each other, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X written in four lines; AMB(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 23. 3.45gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
