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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Visigoths. Pseudo-Imperial AV Solidus. Circa AD 461-470. Imitation of a mint in Gaul. In the name of Libius Severus.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
D N BIS SEVER-VS P F ΛVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust το / VICTORI-Λ ΛVGGG (retrograde), emperor standing facing, long cross in left hand, stylized rendering of Victory on globe in right, left foot on man-headed serpent; R-A (retrograde) across fields, [...]OB (retrograde) in exergue. Cf. RIC X 3754. 4.48gr, 24mm including loop, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Possibly contemporary suspension loop attached.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Postumus, laureate and in military attire, standing to right, holding spear in his right hand and globe in his left. RIC V.4 316; AGK (corr.) 77; Cunetio 2444; Elmer 593. 3.30gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Domna AV Aureus. Dated AD 196. Rome mint.
Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,000
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing to left, holding torch in both hands. RIC IV 548 var. (S. Severus, crescent on neck); Hill 223; Calicó 2610. 7.08gr, 20mm, 6h.
Fleur De Coin. A spectacular aureus. Rare.
Ex G. Hirsch, Auction XIV, 19 September 1957, lot 706. Ex Bankhaus H. Aufhäuser, Auction 17, 18 March 2003, lot 413. Ex Marti Hervera, 20 May 2004, lot 410. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 143, 7 May 2024, lot 558 (11,500 CHF hammer). Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
