LOT 3872
Valens BI Nummus. AD 364-378.
D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left, star to left; mintmark in exergue. Good Very Fine.(1.90gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. Struck AD 319-320. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, bound captive to left and right; P T in exergue. RIC VII 114. 3.54gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.13gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius AR Denarius. AD 41-54. Apparently Romano-British imitation of the Rome mint issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
TI CLAVD • CAES[...], laureate head to right / [...] AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing to right, holding caduceus; at feet, serpent. Cf. RIC I 10. 2.94gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Tendring, Essex.
