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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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. For prototype: RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 6.72gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 187-188. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and grain ears. RIC III 167; BMCRE 245; RSC 532. 3.16gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
