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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Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 254-255. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERALITAS AVGG, Liberalitas standing facing, head to left, holding counting-board in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 148; Cohen 571; MIR 66q. 3.22gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, galley to left. RIC V.2 73 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 57; RSC 167a (Lugdunum). 1.80gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / DOMINOR NOSTROR CAESS / VOT / X / crescent in three lines; all within wreath, PT below. RIC 176. 3.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
