LOT 3658
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 257-258. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
VALERIANVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERPET, Securitas standing to left, holding sceptre and leaning upon column to right. RIC V.1 19 corr. (PERP; Lugdunum); Cohen 207a; Elmer 12; Göbl, MIR 869h. Near Very Fine. Rare(3.60gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 367-375. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[D N VALENTINIAN]VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust to right / [GLORIA RO]MANORVM, emperor walking to right, head turned back, holding labarum emblazoned with christogram and dragging captive; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 14a (Siscia). 2.65gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 318. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 47. 3.12gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT • X in two lines within wreath; •AQS•. in exergue. RIC VII 97. 2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
