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LOT 3449
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; SV below, RPLG• in exergue. RIC VIII 128. Near Extremely Fine.(5.67gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010;
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 364-375.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Antioch mint; struck AD 364-367. 8th officina. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Valentinian standing facing, head to right, holding labarum with Staurogram in banner and Victory with wreath; ANTH✷ in exergue. RIC IX 2b.xxviii. 4.34gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck February-March AD 244. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERP, Securitas standing to left, legs crossed, holding sceptre and resting her left arm on column. RIC IV 151; RSC 327. 3.87gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate bust to left wearing ornate trabea, holding Victory on globe in right hand and mappa in left / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 2.88gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
