LOT 3401
Lot of 2 AE of Arcadius. AD 383-408.
1. Cyzicus mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AV, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT V within wreath; SMK[...] below. Cf. RIC IX 20d (obverse legend).
2. Constantinople mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding trophy with right hand and dragging captive behind her; staurogram in left field, CONSA in exergue. RIC IX 86c. Near Very Fine - Very Fine.(2.51gr total, 12-13mm). [2, No Reserve]
Acquired at an UK art market;
Property of an Essex collector;
Collector's tickets included.
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Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; S-F across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC VII 4; Bastien 541. 3.96gr, 21mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Rome mint. Struck AD 141-143. ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to left, holding scepter with left hand and feeding from patera serpent coiled around altar to left; S C across fields. RIC III 635b; Banti 342; Cohen 711. 24.49gr, 31mm, 12h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Nice brown patina with green highlights.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 257-258. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas seated to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC V.1 6 (joint reign); MIR 903c; RSC 50. 3.07gr, 22mm, 7h
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
