LOT 3457
Valentitian II AE Maiorina. AD 375-392.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 378-383. 2nd officina. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing to left, head to right, on galley sailing to left, raising right arm; Victory at helm; wreath to left; SMKB in exergue. RIC IX 14b var. (officina). Very Fine. Very rare.(5.33gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gordian II AR Denarius. AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Rome mint; struck AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on short column and holding wand with right hand and cornucopia with left; globe at her feet. RIC IV 1; RSC. 5; BMCRE 19-20 var. (rev. legend break). 2.50gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Tinchant Brussels. Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1825 (hammer: 5,100 CHF).
Gordian II was Roman emperor with his father Gordian I in AD 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage. Since he died before his father, Gordian II had the shortest reign of any Roman emperor, at about 22 days. -
Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 330-331. 4th officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RBQ in exergue. RIC VII 338. 1.87gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. 3.86gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
