LOT 4167
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint. 2nd officina.
IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe in her right hand and transverse sceptre in her left; B in exergue. RIC 399; Bastien 380; Cohen 438. Good Very Fine.(3.58gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 4167
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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Volusian AV Binio. Struck AD 252. Rome mint.
Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERTAS AVGG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre. RIC IV 148; Calicó 3360; Biaggi 1419. 5.86gr, 21mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 166. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VI IMP IIII COS II PAX, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 561; BMC 230; Cohen 126. 2.82gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. AD 476-489. Rome mint. In the name of Zeno.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3654; Depeyrot 91/1; Lacam pl. 57, 70 (same obv. die); NAC 93, 1096 (hammer: 8,500 CHF); CNG MB 72, 2213; Roma XXIII, 1152 (same obv. die). 4.40gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 606. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
In RIC X, Kent argues that the Rome solidi struck at the behest of Odovacar can be divided into two series. The first series bearing the mint mark COMOB and :, R or Γ at the end of the reverse legend, and the second with •COMOB• and Γ• or Ä (see p. 216).
