LOT 3880
Honorius AE Nummus. AD 393-423. Uncertain mint.
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to left, holding spear and resting on shield; Victory crowning the emperor with wreath; SM[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC 68 (Cyzicus). Near Very Fine.(1.88gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, Mars walking to right, holding spear and trophy. RIC V.2 57 (Lugdunum); RSC 273a. 3.49gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-271. Possibly Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[DIVO CLAVDI]O, radiate head to right / [CO]NSECRATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 1.47gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT • X in two lines within wreath; •AQS•. in exergue. RIC VII 97. 2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
