LOT 4210
Gratian BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and reversed spear; I in left field, branch in right field, SMHA in exergue. RIC IX 14a. Good Very Fine.(1.98gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4210
Gratian BI Nummus.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Visigoths. Pseudo-Imperial AV Solidus. Circa AD 461-470. Imitation of a mint in Gaul. In the name of Libius Severus.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
D N BIS SEVER-VS P F ΛVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust το / VICTORI-Λ ΛVGGG (retrograde), emperor standing facing, long cross in left hand, stylized rendering of Victory on globe in right, left foot on man-headed serpent; R-A (retrograde) across fields, [...]OB (retrograde) in exergue. Cf. RIC X 3754. 4.48gr, 24mm including loop, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Possibly contemporary suspension loop attached.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 310-313. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI CONSERVATORI, Mars standing to right, holding shield and spear; T F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 859. 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CARAVSIVS [P F?] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PAX [A]VG, Pax standing to left, holding wreath and sceptre. Cf. RIC 127 (letters in fields and in exergue). 2.56gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
