LOT 3886
Leo I AE 11mm. AD 457-474. Constantinople mint.
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right. Cf. RIC X, 673-4. Near Very Fine.(1.21gr, 11mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to left / FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing facing, head to right, holding basket of fruit and grain ears. RIC II.3 2200; BMCRE 627; RSC 716. 3.13gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 361-363. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing right, two stars above, ΑΝΤΔ between palm branches in exergue. RIC 220; LRBC 264. 9.02gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. With dark brown patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES AVGG, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 270. 3.46gr, 22mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
