LOT 3371
Honorius AR Siliqua. AD 393-423.
Mediolanum mint. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated to left on cuirass holding Victory and inverted spear, MDPS in exergue. RIC X 1228; RSC 59†b. Near Very Fine.(0.95gr, 16mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various UK sites since 1974;
Property of an Essex collector.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 267. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas standing facing, head to left, holding cow's udder with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC V 330; AGK 94; RSC 366a. 4.69gr, 20mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Brockage Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 272-273. [IMP C TETRICV]S P F AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / COMES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 56; Cohen 17. 2.79gr, 17mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Partially reverse brockage.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Treveri mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, holding shield and spearing enemy on ground before him, broken spear and shield beneath horse; TRP(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 271. 4.34gr, 23mm, 6h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
