LOT 3666
Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 364-367. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, T in left field, SMKA in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 11a & 13a (no T). Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished variant.(2.20gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3666
Valentinian I BI Nummus.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Domitian AE As. Struck AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV(?) CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / FORTVNAE AVGVSTI; Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 707; BMCRE 448. 10.75gr, 28mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE As. AD 125-127. Rome mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
HADRIANVS AVG[VSTVS], laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / [SAL]VS AVGVSTI, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding snake coiled round altar from patera and holding sceptre; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 828; C. 1357; BMCRE 1348. 12.00gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 1012. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 865. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 221-222. Rome mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, wearing 'horn' over forehead / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted tripod in his right hand and branch in his left; in field to left, star. RIC 146; BMC 231; Cohen 276. 3.21gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
