LOT 4217
Honorius BI Nummus. AD 393-395. Nicomedia mint. Uncertain officina.
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing facing, head to right, holding standard and globe; SMN[?] in exergue. RIC IX 46c.1. Very Fine.(4.55gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4217
Honorius BI Nummus.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Aelius, as Caesar AV Aureus. AD 137. Rome mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare-headed and draped bust to right / TRIB POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2708; BMCRE 998 (Hadrian); Calicó 1443. 7.01gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare with this bust type; fewer than 5 other examples sold in the past 20 years and only 2 specimens cited by OCRE.
Ex Dr Eugen Merzbacher (15/11/1910), lot 1676. Ex the Chabenat Collection Part II, Émile Bourgey (14/12/1911), lot 403. Ex Dr Michael Brandt & Stefan Sonntag, Fixed Price List 8 (Summer 1992), #414. Ex Trausnitz Collection, Nomos AG, Auction 19 (17/11/2019), lot 267. Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 341, 13 December 2023, lot 82. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Salonina BI Antoninianus. AD 255-258. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CORN SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust of Salonina to right, on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, Gallienus standing tp right, clasping hands with Salonina, standing to left. RIC 63; Göbl 1706. 4.16gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 260. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); RSC 377a (Lugdunum). 2.86gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
