LOT 4220
Leo I AV Solidus. AD 462-473. Thessalonica mint.
D N LEO PE-RPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in left and right fields, THSOB in exergue. RIC X 618; Depeyrot 59/1. Good Very Fine.(4.40gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4220
Leo I AV Solidus.
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£375 (EUR 435; USD 506) +BP*
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Theodosius I BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Nicomedia mint. Uncertain officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Concordia, helmeted seated facing, head to left, holding globe and spear; palm branch in left and right field, SMN[?] in exergue. RIC IX 29. 2.02gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AV Solidus. AD 397-402. Mediolanum mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed to bust / VICTORIA AVGGG, emperor standing to right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 1206d; Depeyrot 16/2. 4.40gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. A bright and lustrous example.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Aelia Eudoxia, Augusta AV Solidus. Struck AD 402-403. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
AEL EVDOXIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust to right, crowned by Manus Dei above / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory, winged and draped, seated to right on cuirass with shield behind, inscribing Christogram on shield which rests on knee; CONOB in exergue. RIC X 28 (Arcadius); Depeyrot 55/4. 4.47gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Lustrous, well-centred and boasting remarkable detail.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
