LOT 3879
Honorius AE Nummus. AD 401-403. Antioch mint. 3rd officina.
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust three-quarters facing to right, holding spear and shield / CONCORDIA AVGG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head to right, right foot on prow, holding Victory and sceptre; ANTΓ in exergue. RIC 99; LRBC 2798. Near Very Fine.(2.38gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above, SMANTA and pellet below. RIC VII 60; LRBC 1340. 1.71gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Licinius II Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Incuse of laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For reverse cf. RIC VII 605 (obverse of Nummus of Licinius II, as Caesar, Nicomedia). 4.73gr, 27mm, 11h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera with her right hand and leaning with left elbow on throne. RIC 14; BMC 99; Cohen 85. 3.17gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
