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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Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Juno(?) standing facing, head to left, extending right hand and holding long sceptre with left. RIC III 344 (Pius); BMCRE 345 (Pius); RSC 26. 2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 18b. 9.00gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Divus Victorinus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 271. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[DIVO VICTORINO PIO?], radiate head to right / CONS[ECRATIO?], eagle standing to left, head to right, with wreath(?) in beak. Cf. RIC V.2 83. 1.58gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
