LOT 3454
Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 364-375.
Antioch mint; struck AD 364-367. 3rd officina. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor in military attire standing facing, head to right, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with Christogram; ANTΓ in exergue. RIC IX 2a, ii. Near Very Fine.(4.40gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Antioch mint; struck AD 275. 1st officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-[BIS], female figure standing to right, crowning emperor standing to left, holding sceptre; P between, XX[I] in exergue. RIC V.1 386; MER-RIC 3186 (temporary). 3.90gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Treveri mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in her arms; PTR(pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 484. 3.19gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
