LOT 3453
Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 364-375.
Antioch mint; struck AD 364-367. 8th officina. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Valentinian standing facing, head to right, holding labarum with Staurogram in banner and Victory with wreath; ANTH✷ in exergue. RIC IX 2b.xxviii. Very Fine.(4.34gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 258-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 269-270. 2nd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / AEQVIT-AS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left; S in exergue. RIC V.1 137; MER-RIC 55 (temporary). 2.32gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Dark green patina. Flan crack at 12h.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; SV below, RPLG• in exergue. RIC VIII 128. 5.67gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint. 6th emission of Philip I, AD 247. M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / IVNO CONSERVATRIX, Juno standing to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC IV 128; RSC 21. 3.82gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
