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LOT 3871
Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 367-375. Uncertain mint.
[D N VALENTINIAN]VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust to right / [GLORIA RO]MANORVM, emperor walking to right, head turned back, holding labarum emblazoned with christogram and dragging captive; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 14a (Siscia). Near Very Fine.(2.65gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vandals, Imitative AE 12mm. Circa 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Camp gate with open doorway. For similar, cf. BMC Vandals 73-80 (in the name of Valentinian III); for prototype, cf. RIC X 2161. 1.39gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. Circa AD 156-157. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP [II?], radiate head to right / TR POT X-X C-OS II[II?], Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left; S C across fields.Cf. RIC 970; cf. Cohen 1012. 9.52gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left, holding Victory with right hand, sceptre with left; shield below. RIC 44b. 4.20gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
