LOT 3564
Valerian I AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260. Uncertain mint.
IMP C LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two signa. RIC V.1 - (unrecorded obverse legend); RSC - (same). Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare. Apparently unpublished obverse legend variety and possibly unique.(2.72gr, 22mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, radiate bust to right, with bare chest and traces of drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 153; BMCRE 1142 var. (bust type). 12.61gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 9, 7 August 2000, lot 60152. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 834. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 860. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Philip I AE Sestertius. AD 249. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EXERCITVS, four military standards; S C in exergue. RIC 171a; Cohen 51. 17.27gr, 29mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 364-367. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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). 2.20gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
