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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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 270-271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 75 (Southern Gallic Mint). 3.35gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 268-269. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre. RIC V.1 98; MER-RIC 184 (temporary). 2.92gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 269-270. 3rd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax running to left, holding olive-branch and sceptre; T in exergue. Cf. RIC V.1 157; cf. MER-RIC 60 (temporary). 2.35gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
