LOT 3667
Valens AV Solidus. AD 365. Arelate mint.
D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICÆ, emperor standing facing with head to right, holding Victory on globe and labarum with Chi-Rho; KONSTAN (TAN ligate) in exergue. RIC IX, 1g; British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference BERK-9CAE71 (this coin). Near Extremely Fine. Some small marks.(4.42gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound near Marlborough, Berkshire, UK.
Accompanied by British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme record BERK-9CAE71.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 271. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre with right hand and resting his left hand on shield set on ground. RIC V.2 78 (uncertain Southern Gallic mint). 2.10gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 277. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG, radiate, draped bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, the emperor standing to right, holding sceptre, receiving globus from Jupiter, who is also holding sceptre; E between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2, 921. 4.10gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding corn-ears over modius and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC IV 642; Cohen. 503; BMCRE 882. 17.27gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1102. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
