LOT 3863
Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, A behind bust / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, holding shield on left arm, about to throw a spear at a bare-headed enemy in front of the horse, shield and broken spear beneath the horse; [T]RP(crescent) in exergue. RIC 271. Good Very Fine.(3.77gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS •, camp gate with eight rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, MNΔ below. RIC VII 128. 3.38gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 261. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding standards in each hand. RIC V.2 59; RSC 67a. 2.54gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Paula AR Denarius. AD 219-220. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust to right / VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated to left on throne, holding apple and sceptre. RIC IV 222 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 177 (Elagabalus); RSC 21. 3.04gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
