LOT 3242
Valentinian II AE 13mm. 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; ALEB(?) below. Cf. RIC IX 13b. Very Fine.(1.41gr, 13mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Julia Mamaea AE Sestertius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 224. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / VENVS FELIX, Venus seated to left, holding statuette and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC IV 701 (Alexander); BMCRE 199 (Alexander). 16.81gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 1.91gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 318-319.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to right on shield, holding another shield inscribed X V in two lines; P R across fields, RT in exergue. RIC VII 146. 3.43gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
