LOT 3874
Valentinian II AE Centenionalis. AD 378-383. Constantinople mint. 4th officina.
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear pointed forwards and shield / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing to left on galley with Victory at helm; wreath to left, CONΔ in exergue. RIC 52b.2; LRBC 2151. Good Very Fine. Nice green patina.(4.49gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Ticinum mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines on altar inscribed C; S T in exergue. RIC VII 90. 3.11gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Julia Paula AR Denarius. AD 219-220. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust to right / VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated to left on throne, holding apple and sceptre. RIC IV 222 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 177 (Elagabalus); RSC 21. 3.04gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SALVS AVG, Salus seated to left on throne, feeding serpent rising from altar to left; XXIII in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.90gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
