LOT 3758
Julian II AR Siliqua. Struck spring AD 360-26 June 363. Treveri mint.
D N CL IVLI-ANVS AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within laurel wreath with large central jewel; TR(palm) below. RIC VIII 365; RSC 157†b. Good Very Fine. Attractively toned.(2.06gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Nicomedia mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI CMH (ligate), Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; SMNA in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 6.34gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vitellius AR Denarius. AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA P R, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC I 90; BMCRE 20; RSC 18. 3.39gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Radiate and draped bust to right / Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 272. 2.20gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
