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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Valentinian II AE 13mm. AD 383-392. Cyzicus mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left with trophy and dragging captive; Christogram in left field, SMKA(?) in exergue. RIC IX 26a. 0.66gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CARAVSIVS [P F?] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PAX [A]VG, Pax standing to left, holding wreath and sceptre. Cf. RIC 127 (letters in fields and in exergue). 2.56gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Trajan AR Denarius. Circa AD 101-102. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P • M • TR • P • COS • IIII • P • P, Hercules, nude and wearing lion skin headdress, standing facing on low base, holding club in his right hand and apples in his left. RIC 49; BMC 86; Cohen 231. 2.88gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
