LOT 3762
Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 364. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to to right / RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE, Valentinian I standing facing, head to right, holding labarum with cross on banner in his right hand and Victory on globe in his left; in field to left, cross; (star)ANTA(star) in exergue. RIC IX 2b.xxxviii.1; Depeyrot 20/1. Good Very Fine. Minor scratches.(4.24gr, 21mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 270. Rome mint. Struck AD 270-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DIVO CLAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1, 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 3.75gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. Circa summer AD 307. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
1st officina. FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI, Mars advancing to right, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left; S A in fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 730. 6.23gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 175-176. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXX P P, laureate head to right / IMP VIII COS [III CLEME]NTIA AVG, Clementia standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC III 1160; Cohen 358. 26.11gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
