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LOT 2933
Lucius Verus AE As. AD 167/8. Rome mint.
[L VER]VS AVG ARM [PARTH] MAX, laureate head to right / [TR P VIII IMP IIII COS III], emperor standing to right, clasping hands with Roma seated on cuirass to left, holding spear; behind cuirass, shield; [S C] in exergue. RIC 1472. Near Very Fine.(10.06gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 321-322. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOT-IS XX, three stars above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 230. 3.03gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Magnentius BI Nummus. AD 350-353. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, draped and cuirassed bust to right, A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories inscribing shield set on column, VOT V MVLT X; RPLG in exergue. RIC VIII 186. 2.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 350-355. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier, shield on arm, spearing falling horseman falling on to neck of horse, shield dropped to right; Γ in left field, ANΘ in exergue. RIC VII 132. 4.71gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
