LOT 3243
Valentinian II AE 12mm. AD 375-392.
Alexandria mint; struck AD 378-383. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; ALE[B?] below. Cf. RIC IX 13b. Very Fine.(1.48gr, 12mm. 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 218-222. IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / IVNO, Juno, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC IV 254 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 68 (same); RSC 16. 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right holding spear with his right hand and trophy over his left shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.1 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 27.47gr, 33mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive dark olive-green patina.
From the collection of Dr F. R. Meyer-Coloniensis, Part III, Münz Zentrum Köln 64, 15 April 1988, 158. Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 523, July 1989, no. 32. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIX, 26 March 2020, lot 805. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 295. 1st officina. MAXIMIANVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; A in exergue. RIC V.2 408. 2.68gr, 24mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
