LOT 3765
Valens BI 17mm. AD 364-367. Antioch mint.
3rd officina. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA ROMANORVN(sic), emperor walking to right, head to left, holding labarum and dragging captive; ANTΓ in exergue. RIC IX 10b. Very Fine.(3.20gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. Struck AD 171. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
IMP • M • ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within wreath. RIC III 1006; MIR 18, 219-6/30; Banti 241. 29.63gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 26, 8 July 2023, lot 4494 (since professionally cleaned and re-worked). From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 277. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
3rd officina. IMP C • PROBVS • P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing facing with hand raised, head to left, holding globe; TXXT in exergue. RIC 349. 3.91gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 100. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P COS III P P, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC II 38; BMCRE 72; Woytek 75a; RSC 222. 3.20gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
