LOT 3605
Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 367-375. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed and cuirassed bust to left, wearing helmet decorated with stars, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORE S AVGVSTI, Valentinian and Gratian seated facing, holding globe between them, Victory flying to left above crowning them; TR◂OB (Treveris in Officina Secunda) in exergue. RIC IX 16b; Cohen 39; Depeyrot 36/1. Extremely Fine. Slightly wavy flan. Very Rare and one of the finest known examples.(4.49gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Wem, Shropshire, West Midlands, UK, on 23 June 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LVPL-8A8E89.
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 198. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing to left, foot on cuirass(?), holding branch and inverted spear. RIC 133a. 3.57gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025. -
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS PVBLICA, Securitas seated to left, holding sceptre and propping head on hand. RIC IV 130; RSC 340. 3.49gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC V.1 499 (Mediolanum; sole reign); MIR 351a; RSC 739. 4.76gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
