LOT 3763
Valens AR Siliqua. AD 367-375. Treveri mint.
D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe with right hand and sceptre with left; TRPS• in exergue. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. Good Very Fine. Toned.(2.23gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Augustus AR Denarius. 8 BC. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
AVGVSTVS DIVI•F, laureate head to right / Caius Caesar on horseback, galloping to right, holding sword and reins; aquila between two signa behind him, C•CAES• above, AVGVS•F in exergue. RIC I 199; Lyon 69; BMCRE 500 = BMCRR Gaul 223; BN 1461; RSC 40. 3.54gr, 19mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Toned. Banker's mark and scratch on obverse; 'M' graffito on reverse.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Caligula AE Quadrans. AD 40-41. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
PON M TR P IIII P P COS TERT around RCC / C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG, pileus; S C across fields. RIC I 52; Cohen 7; BMCRE 64. 3.41gr, 17mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. AD 310-313. Antioch mint. 'Persecution Issue'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
4th(?) officina. IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated on throne to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch; Δ(?) in right field; ANT in exergue. McAlee 171; Van Heesch, Last 2. 1.87gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
