LOT 3461
Justinian I AV Solidus. AD 527-565.
Constantinople mint; struck AD 542-565. 10th officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left / VICTORIA AVGGG I, Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by Staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB in exergue. DOC 9j; MIBE 7; SB 140. Good Very Fine.(4.29gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 274. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding anchor. RIC V.2 126. 3.08gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck circa AD 272-273. IMP C TETRICVS P F [AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINC IV[VENT], emperor standing facing, head to left, holding branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left hand. RIC V.2 115; RIC V.4 786; Cunetio 2620. 2.28gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 2nd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, STR• in exergue. RIC VII 347. 3.15gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
