LOT 4165
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 285-295. Antioch mint. 8th officina.
IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG, Jupiter, holding globe and sceptre, standing to right, facing Hercules standing to left, holding Victory on globe, club and lionskin; crescent over H in lower centre; XXI in exergue. RIC 622. Good Very Fine.(4.79gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Accompanied by an old coin ticket.
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LOT 4165
Maximian BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Divus Augustus AE Sestertius. AD 21-22. Rome mint.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,890
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Augustus, radiate, enthroned left, holding branch over lighted altar and sceptre / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around SC. RIC (Tiberius) 49; C. 309; BMCRE (Tiberius) 74; BN (Tiberius) 50. 25.51gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Extremely Fine. Among the finest known examples of the type. Rare.
Ex Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß, Auction 143, 27 May 1968, lot 441. Ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, Auction 38, 5 June 2013, lot 249. Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd, The New York Sale XXXIV, 6 January 2015, lot 523. Ex Maison Palombo, Auction 18, 17 November 2019, lot 58. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 533. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ostrogoths, Athalaric AV Solidus. Dated AD 530-539. Ravenna or Rome mint. Pseudo-imperial issue, in the name of Justinian I.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
D N IVSTINIANVS P Γ AVC (partially ligate), diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing slightly to right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif on arm / VICTORIA AVCCC (pellet) A, Victory standing to left, holding long voided cross; star to left, COMOB in exergue, pellets at end of exergual line. Ladich 4 var. (no pellet in legend; Rome); MEC I 122 var. (same; Rome); BMC Vandals 4 (Ravenna); Roma XXV, lot 1137 (same dies). 4.40gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. A gem of Migrationary coinage. Very rare.
From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AV Solidus. AD 397-402. Mediolanum mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed to bust / VICTORIA AVGGG, emperor standing to right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 1206d; Depeyrot 16/2. 4.40gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. A bright and lustrous example.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
