LOT 4222
Ostrogoths, Athalaric AV Solidus. Dated AD 530-539. Ravenna or Rome mint. Pseudo-imperial issue, in the name of Justinian I.
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). Good Extremely Fine. A gem of Migrationary coinage. Very rare.(4.40gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Brightwalton Collection.
Acquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4222
Ostrogoths, Athalaric AV Solidus.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint. 2nd officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. RIC 399; Bastien 380; Cohen 438. 4.33gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 79. Rome mint. 'Judaea capta' series.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / TR POT X COS VIIII, Victory advancing to left, placing shield on trophy, Judaean captive seated left at foot of trophy. RIC II.12, 1068; BMCRE 246; Cohen 552. 2.85gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
