LOT 3864
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. Struck AD 350-Spring 351. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REI PVBLICE, Emperor in military dress standing to left, holding standard with Chi-Ro and Victory on globe, crowning emperor with wreath; A in right field, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 264; Bastien 24. Good Very Fine.(3.99gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Commemorative Series BI Nummus. AD 330. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, rose on shoulder, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RFQ in exergue. RIC 331. 2.77gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Aelius, Caesar AE As. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £129
L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Pannonia standing facing, head left, holding vexillum upright on ground, gathering up dress with right hand; S C beneath PANN-O across fields. RIC II.3 2661 (PANNONIA). 14.16gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Nero AE Quadrans. AD 64. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
NERO CLAV CAE AVG GER, crested helmet on column, round shield decorated with Gorgoneion to right, spear behind / P M TR P IMP P P, laurel branch; S C across fields. RIC I 255; BMCRE 294. 2.05gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
