LOT 3892
Vandals, Imitative AE 12mm. Circa 5th century AD.
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Camp gate with open doorway. For similar, cf. BMC Vandals 73-80 (in the name of Valentinian III); for prototype, cf. RIC X 2161. Near Very Fine.(1.39gr, 12mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera with her right hand and leaning with left elbow on throne. RIC 14; BMC 99; Cohen 85. 3.17gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius BI Nummus. AD 321-324. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI / X/IIΓ, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with a wreath in its beak at foot left and captive to right, SMKΒ in exergue. RIC 15. 3.81gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine brown tone.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Incuse of IMP CO[...] P F AVG(?), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of laureate head (or bust) to right. 3.97gr, 26mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
