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LOT 3074
Magnentius BI Nummus. AD 350-353. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
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. Very Fine.(2.49gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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City Commemorative AE 16mm. Struck under Constantius II, AD 348. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £69
CONSTANTINOPOLIS, diademed and draped bust of Constantinopolis to right / Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; P R across fields. RIC VIII 106; LRBC 612. 1.77gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Gilt.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus helmeted and draped, standing to left, holding spear with left, and resting right hand on shield. RIC 6; RSC 381. 4.83gr, 21mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Dorchester Hoard. Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; B above V in right field, K in left field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54b. 7.84gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
