LOT 3237
Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 360-363.
Constantinople mint. Struck 3 November-26 June AD 363. 2nd officina. D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REI PVB •, bull standing to right; two stars above; • CONSPB(palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 162; LRBC 2058. Very Fine. Dark brown and earthen patina.(8.55gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Thessalonika mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate and draped bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two bound captives seated to left and to right at foot; S F across fields, •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VII, 83 var. 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Treveri mint; struck AD 350. 2nd officina. IM CAE MAGN-ENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe with right hand and standard with Chi-Rho banner with left; A in right field; TRS(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 266; Bastien 28; LRBC 51. 4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon hoard.
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. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-308.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Serdica mint; struck AD 307-308. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, standing to left, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; star in left field, Δ(?) in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 37. 6.91gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
