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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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 313-315. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, Є in right field, SIS in exergue. RIC VII 5. 3.88gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Vandals, Imitative AE 12mm. Circa 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Camp gate with open doorway. For similar, cf. BMC Vandals 73-80 (in the name of Valentinian III); for prototype, cf. RIC X 2161. 1.39gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and holding sceptre; S in central field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 922. 4.25gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
