LOT 4209
Valentinian I AR Siliqua. AD 364-375. Nicomedia mint.
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT V MVLT X in four lines within wreath; in exergue, SMN. RIC 21a; Cohen 72. Good Very Fine.(1.79gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 4209
Valentinian I AR Siliqua.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
[...VS?] AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / ROMANORVM RENO, She-wolf standing right, head facing, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus). Cf. RIC V.5 1520. 4.41gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare legend of 'ROMANORVM RENO'.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 309-313. Heraclea mint. 2nd officina.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing facing, wearing modius on head to left and with chlamys around shoulders, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquid flows; •HTB• in exergue. RIC VI 36. 5.39gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 140-143. Rome mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 65c. 2.76gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
