LOT 3873
Gratian AE Nummus. AD 367-375. Alexandria mint.
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX within wreath; ALEΓ(?) below. Cf. RIC IX 13a. Near Very Fine.(1.49gr, 14mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. 3.49gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 7h. Lightly toned.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Dupondius. AD 161-162. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, radiate head to right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing with clasped hands; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 828; C. 58; BMCRE 1016. 11.85gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Divus Constantine I AE Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Alexandria mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
DV CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG, veiled head of Divus Constantine I to right / Divus Constantine I in quadriga to right, extending his right hand toward manus Dei above, [S-R across field]; in exergue, SMALΓ. RIC VIII 4; LRBC 1445. 1.49gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
