LOT 3865
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
IM CAE MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor, in military dress, standing to left on prow of galley, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with Chi-Rho, Victory seated steering in stern; A in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 260. Near Extremely Fine.(5.64gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 321. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR in exergue. RIC VII 303. 2.59gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Carus BI Antoninianus. AD 282-283. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGGG, Carus standing to right, holding parazonium, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, leaning on sceptre; star in upper central field, B in lower central field, XXI in exergue. RIC 125. 3.58gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P], bare head of Hadrian to right / [FELICITAS AVG], Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left; at her feet in left field, wheel; across fields, S C. RIC II.3, 2251. 15.20gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
