LOT 3002
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Treveri mint. Struck AD 271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre with right hand and resting his left hand on shield set on ground. RIC V.2 78 (uncertain Southern Gallic mint). Near Extremely Fine.(2.62gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 2nd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 161. 4.28gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Extremely Fine. Struck on a thick flan; dark green patina with brown highlights. Some original silvering remaining.
From a private collection, UK. -
Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 249-250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / DACIA FELI[X], Dacia standing to left, holding ensign; S C across fields. RIC IV 114b; Cohen 35. 16.96gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 351-353. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe with right hand and standard with Chi-Rho banner with left; RPLG in exergue. RIC VIII 112; Bastien 154; Lyon 139. 5.60gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
