LOT 3240
Valens AR Siliqua. AD 364-378.
Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 367-375. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe to right and sceptre; TRPS• below. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. Good Very Fine. Deep iridescent toning. Flan crack at 5h. Double-struck on reverse.(2.01gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3240
Valens AR Siliqua.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Hanniballianus, Rex Regum AE 16mm. AD 335-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Constantinople mint. Struck AD 336-337. 6th officina. FL HANIBALLIANO REGI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates seated to right on ground, leaning on sceptre, with urn at his side and reed in background; CONSS in exergue. RIC VII 147; LRBC 1034. 1.28gr, 16mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Flavius Claudius Hanniballianus was a nephew of Constantine I the Great, and brother of Delmatius. He was called Nobilissimus by his uncle, who appointed him prefect of Cappadocia and Armenia, which provinces he governed with the title of King, AD 335 until he was killed by soldiers of Constantius II, AD 337. -
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Rome mint. Struck AD 88-89. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated left on throne, holding Victory and sceptre; in exergue, S C. RIC II.1 633; Cohen 313; BMC 406; CBN 436. NGC graded Ch VF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, marks (#8221849-004).
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.79gr, 17mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
