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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Anonymous AE Quadrans. Time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius, AD 81-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Rome mint. Draped bust of Venus to right, wearing stephane / Dove standing to right; S C below. RIC II 24; Cohen 10. 2.41gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck March AD 291 - October 292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX [AVG], Pax standing to left, holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; S in left field, P in right field, MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 118; Webb 139. 3.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carthage mint; struck AD 297-298. 8th officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / FELIX A-D-VENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding signum and tusk; at feet to left, lion with captured bull; H in left field, PKS in exergue. RIC V 23b. 10.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
