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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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Mars standing to left, holding olive branch in raised right hand and spear and shield resting on ground to left; XXIZ in exergue. RIC V.1 83; Cohen 15. 3.49gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 190-191. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / APOL PAL P M TR P XVI COS VI, Apollo standing facing, head to right, holding plectrum and lyre resting on column. RIC III 218; BMCRE 292; RSC 25. 2.35gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
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. -
Constantius I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 296-303. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, modius on head and chlamys on shoulder, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC VI 14a; C&T 2.01.010; RML 37. 9.91gr, 30mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Struck on a large flan.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
