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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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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.13gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AR Denarius. AD 92. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI, laureate head to right / IMP XXI COS XVI CENS P P P, Minerva standing to left, holding spear. RIC 733; BMCRE 194; RSC 271. 3.09gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Nero AR Denarius. Circa AD 64-65. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
[NE]RO CAESAR AVGVS[TVS], laureate head to right / [IVPPITER] CVSTOS Jupiter seated to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC I 53; BMC 74; Cohen 119. 3.33gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
