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Lot 945
Valentinian I Fourrée Solidus. Contemporary imitation of Sirmium, circa AD 364. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with a Christogram and Victory on globe; SIRM in exergue. Cf. RIC 1a (*SIRM). 3.67g, 22mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. In outstanding condition for a plated solidus, being given away only by its low weight and an edge nick probably caused by a plough while buried. A superb example of an ancient counterfeit in gold. Such coins are extremely rare, at least in part due to the severe penalties that were imposed on those caught counterfeiting imperial gold - offenders might be condemned to the mines, crucified or given to wild beasts to be torn apart.
Lot 837
Diva Faustina II Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 175-176. DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, draped bust right / SIDERIBVS RECEPTA, Diva Faustina as Diana, standing right, with crescent at shoulders, holding long torch in both hands; S-C across fields. RIC 1715 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 64-6/10; Banti 120. 21.46g, 30mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful, untouched patina. Scarce. Falling ill whilst accompanying her husband Marcus Aurelius in journeying to the East, the passing of Faustina II was marked on the coinage with a series of 'Consecration' issues in the usual types, but also with the unusual legend we see on the present piece. Faustina is depicted here as Diana Lucifera (the "Bringer of Light") carrying a lit torch, illuminating the scene of her entry into the afterlife. That Faustina would be received into the firmament, and that the people of Rome and the Empire would appreciate the fact, was clearly very important to Marcus Aurelius as this coin proudly proclaims that she had indeed been 'Received by the Stars'.
Lot 998
Constantine III AV Solidus. Lugdunum, AD 408-409. D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIAA AVGGG (sic), Emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; L-D across fields, CONOB in exergue. RIC 1512; C. 5 var.; Bastien Lyon pl. 28, 250n (same dies); LRC 793; Depeyrot 22/2. 4.43g, 21mm, 12h. Fleur De Coin. Very Rare; an exceptional example of the type.
![Carausius BI Radiate. London, no mintmark, AD 287-289. […] CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA MI](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/511c8e38-fc68-4f60-a09e-a72200fe76ff/520458f3-f73f-4c1d-b1ea-494dae9172eb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1025
Justin II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 567-578. D N IVSTINVS P P AVI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding shield and globus surmounted by crowning Victory / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ, Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; C to left, CONOB in exergue. DOC 7a; MIBE 3a; Sear 348. 4.47g, 21mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Light edge dent at 2 o'clock obv.
Lot 511
Sabina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated Year 15 = AD 130-131. CABEINA CEBACTH, diademed and draped bust right / CABEINA CEBACTH, Sabina seated left, holding corn-ears and sceptre; LIE (date) above. Milne 1306; Emmett 1334; Curtis 558-559, 561; BMC 917 var. 13.68g, 25mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine, attractive and still partially lustrous metal. Extremely Rare, and likely the finest known example. Sabina is here depicted wearing an intricately detailed headdress and diadem, but underlying this proud representation was a dark secret: the empress is known to have had an affair with Suetonius, her husband Hadrian's personal secretary, an affair recorded in the Historia Augusta, Life of Hadrian (1.11.3). However, it is also known that Hadrian was not left in the position of the cuckold, as he had a famously passionate relationship of his own with his favourite, Antinous. This interesting coin is a good exemplar of the power of propaganda and the representation of the Imperial family as a united front. It highlights the importance given to the portrayal of the emperor and his family, ensuring that they be seen, from the outside at least, as models of dignity and virtue. The charming portrayal of Sabina on this issue, which was struck in the same year Suetonius died, may have coincided with a renewal and strengthening of the ties between the emperor and his empress.
Lot 1150
Carausius BI Radiate. London, March AD 291 - October 292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PA-X AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; S-P across fields, no mintmark in exergue. RIC -; Webb -, for general type cf. RIC 98 and Webb 139. 4.26g, 23mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Some silvering.
Lot 1145
Carausius BI Radiate. London, March AD 290 - March 291. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and trabeate bust left, holding scipio / CONS-E-RVAT AVG, Sol standing facing with right hand raised, holding globe in left; B-E across fields, MLXXI in exergue. RIC 29; Webb -. 3.05g, 23mm, 12h. Fine - Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 1284
Constantine I BI Nummus. London, circa AD 314. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / SOLI INVI-C-TO COMITI, Sol standing left, with raised right hand, holding globe with left; S-F across fields, PLN in exergue. CT 8.02.021; RIC 14. 3.48g, 22mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Rare.
Lot 1053
Constantine VII, with Romanus II, AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 955-959. + IҺS XPS REX REGNANTIVM, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / CONSTANT CE ROMAN' AVGG Ь R, crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, wearing loros, and Romanus II, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 15; Sear 1751. 4.41g, 21mm, 6h. Good Very Fine.
Lot 1027
Maurice Tiberius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 583-602. D N MAVRC TIb P P AVI, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGG Δ, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 6; DOC 5d; Sear 478. 4.14g, 22mm, 6h. Mint State; lustrous metal.
Lot 776
Nero Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right; globe at point of bust / ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn-ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, one hand resting on hip and other holding cornucopiae; modius on garlanded altar between them, ship's stern behind, SC in exergue. RIC 430; C. 14; CBN 70; BMC -. 27.77g, 33mm, 7h. Olive-green patina, Near Extremely Fine. Ex Paulo Morais Leitao Collection.
Lot 576
Faustus Cornelius Sulla AR Denarius. Rome, 56 BC. Draped bust of Diana right, wearing diadem with crescent; lituus behind, FAVSTVS before / Sulla seated left on raised seat, FELIX behind; before him, Bocchus, king of Mauretania, kneels, offering an olive branch, behind, Jugurtha, king of Numidia, also kneeling, his hands tied behind him. Crawford 426/1; RSC 59. 3.48g, 19mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. A superb example of the type without any of the usual weaknesses.
Lot 1022
Anastasius I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 498-518. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with cavalryman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Δ, Victory standing left, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram; star in left field, CONOB in exergue. MIBE 7; Sear 5. 4.51g, 21mm, 7h. Fleur De Coin.
Lot 987
Arcadius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 388-392. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGGG Δ, Constantinopolis, turreted, seated facing, head right, holding sceptre and shield inscribed VOT V MVL X; CONOB in exergue. RIC 70c.2; Depeyrot 46/3. 4.45g, 21mm, 12h. Mint State.
Lot 845
Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch, AD 193-194. IMP CAES PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate bust right / MARTI VICT, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy. BMC -; RSC -; RIC -, cf. 53 for rev. type; cf. Rauch Summer Auction 2008, 659 (same obv. legend and rev. type, but uncertain legend). 2.92g, 18mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Unpublished and possibly unique.
Lot 630
L. Mussidius Longus AR Denarius. Rome, 42 BC. Draped bust of Victory, with the features of Fulvia, right / Victory in prancing biga to right; L•MVSSIDIVS above, LONGVS below. Crawford 494/40; Mussidia 4; CRI 186; Sydenham 1095. 3.60g, 19mm, 7h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare, an excellent example of this type.
Lot 978
Magnus Maximus AR Siliqua. Treveri, AD 383-388. D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma enthroned facing, head left, holding globe and spear; TRPS in exergue. RIC 84b; RSC 20a. 1.98g, 18mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Light iridescent tone.
Lot 509
Trajan Æ As. Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria, AD 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right / DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, S•C within oak wreath. RIC 647; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BMCRE 1093-4; BN 953-5. 8.44g, 24mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. In exceptional state of preservation.
![Carausius BI Radiate. London, March AD 287 - October 288. IMP [CARAV]SIVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust right / GE[NIV]S E](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/511c8e38-fc68-4f60-a09e-a72200fe76ff/2450ab33-ce46-4aca-bfce-ae5de68f3712/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1164
Carausius BI Radiate. London, March AD 287 - October 288. IMP [CARAV]SIVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust right / GE[NIV]S EXE, Genius standing left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding cornucopiae; C in exergue. RIC -; Webb -, for general type cf. RIC 24. 3.55g, 24mm, 6h. Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 863
Elagabalus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 218-219. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR ANTONINI AVG, Victory walking right, holding wreath and palm. RIC 154; C. 288; BMC 30; Calicó 3038. 6.77g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Rare. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex Noble Numismatics 99, 17 April 2012, lot 3599. The unusual reverse legend of this coin, specifically referencing the Antonine family from which Elagabalus falsely claimed descent, is evidently a slur on Macrinus and his son Diadumenian as dynastic interlopers whom the new emperor had triumphantly defeated, thus bringing about the restoration of the family line.
Lot 950
Valentinian I AV Solidus. Treveri, AD 364-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with a Christogram and Victory on globe; TR(wreath) in exergue. RIC 1; Depeyrot 22/1. 4.50g, 22mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 395
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated year 29 = 98/97 BC. Laureate bust of Melkart right / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ , eagle standing left on prow, palm branch at shoulder; ΘK (date) above club to left, Phoenician B between legs, monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia p. 240, 114. 14.05g, 29mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
Lot 1142
Carausius BI Radiate. London, March AD 289 - March 290. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right with laureate shoulder straps / PA-X AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; F-O across fields, ML in exergue. RIC 101; Webb 128. 3.40g, 21mm, 12h. Good Very Fine.
Lot 1028
Maurice Tiberius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 583-602. D N MAVRC TIb P P AVI, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGG Δ, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 6; DOC 5d; Sear 478. 4.18g, 21mm, 7h. Mint State; lustrous metal.
![Cleopatra and Marc Antony AR Denarius. Uncertain Eastern mint, autumn 34 BC. CLEOPATRAE•[REGINAE•REGVM]•FILIORVM•REGVM, diade](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/511c8e38-fc68-4f60-a09e-a72200fe76ff/df5ddfbe-d0e5-4e1f-c787-5561a736dc77/468x382.jpg)
Lot 664
Cleopatra and Marc Antony AR Denarius. Uncertain Eastern mint, autumn 34 BC. CLEOPATRAE•[REGINAE•REGVM]•FILIORVM•REGVM, diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right; at point of bust, prow right / ANTONI•ARMENIA•DEVICTA, bare head of Marc Antony right; Armenian tiara to left. Crawford 543/1; Antonia 95; Sydenham 1210; CRI 345. 3.91g, 18mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Two bold, well-struck portraits. Very Rare. Issued in the wake of the successful campaign against Armenia in early-mid 34 BC, this type proudly commemorates the victory with the legend ‘Armenia Devicta’ (Armenia vanquished). In the execution of his war on Parthia in early 36 BC, Antony had followed the advice of the Armenian king Artavasdes to invade Parthia not from the West (which would have been the shortest route) but from the North, subduing the Parthian allied kingdom of Media Atropatene along the way, whose king was (conveniently) an enemy of Artavasdes. At the fortified town of Phraaspa however, the attack foundered and Artavasdes abandoned Antony in the face of the enemy, allowing his logistics train and two legions to be massacred in an ambush. Following a failed two-month siege of Phraaspa, Antony was forced to call off the campaign and effect a fighting retreat back to friendly territory, in the course of which no fewer than eighteen battles were fought. Antony arrived back in Syria by late 36 BC, having lost about 40% (some 80,000 men) of his original force. In early 34 BC, after variously attempting to lure Artavasdes out to meet with him to discuss marriage proposals and renewed war on Parthia, pleasant inducements and entreaties through the king’s companions, and then a forced march to the capital Artaxata and what Cassius Dio describes as ‘aggressive use of his soldiers’, eventually Antony convinced Artavasdes to come to his camp, where the king was promptly arrested. Antony proceeded to plunder the country as best he could, and returned to Alexandria with his captives: King Artavasdes, his wife, and his family. There he celebrated a mock Roman triumph – an eastern pastiche of Rome’s most important military ceremony – wherein Antony paraded through the streets in a chariot with his captives walking behind him. Cleopatra watched, seated high above with Caesarion at her side. As a grand finale, the whole city was summoned to the gymnasium to bear witness to a political statement which became known as the Donations of Alexandria. Antony and Cleopatra, dressed as Dionysus-Osiris and Isis-Aphrodite, sat on golden thrones while Antony distributed kingdoms among his children by Cleopatra: Alexander Helios was named king of Armenia, Media and Parthia, his twin Selene was awarded Cyrenaica and Libya, and the young Ptolemy Philadelphus was given Syria and Cilicia. Cleopatra was proclaimed Queen of Kings, a title evidenced on the obverse of this coin type, which also names ‘her Children, who are kings’. Most damaging of all to his relations with Octavian was the naming of Caesarion as a legitimate son and heir of Julius Caesar. This caused a fatal rupture of Antony’s relations with Octavian, and Rome. When the triumvirate officially expired on the last day of 33 BC it was not renewed, and the Roman world again found itself at war.
Lot 1001
Theodosius II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 426-429. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / SALVS REIPVBLICAE B, Theodosius II and Valentinian III seated facing on double throne, each nimbate and wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand, cruciform sceptre in left; star above, CONOB in exergue. RIC 237; Depeyrot 79/1. 4.35g, 22mm, 5h. Good Very Fine; several 'N' graffiti in fields.
Lot 815
Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 125-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COS III, Hadrian on horseback galloping right, holding couched lance, cloak billowing out behind. RIC 186; Calicó 1226. 7.34g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Well struck on a broad flan; beautiful lustre. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex H.D. Rauch 86, 12 May 2010, lot 763. Though not a warrior emperor in the same manner as his predecessor Trajan, the iconography of this coin immediately recalls the similar types issued under Trajan, and also the ancient denarii of the Republic which featured the Dioscuri in similar posture with couched lance. Despite the militaristic theme of this coin and others issued during his reign (which are almost as common as coins with peaceful themes), Hadrian’s policy was peace through strength, or threat of strength, with an emphasis on discipline. His skills as a military administrator were well applied during his reign, and aside from the consolidation of the empire’s frontiers, Hadrian also made a great many beneficial reforms to the Roman military system, including the introduction of the first regular unit of auxiliary, mailed cataphract cavalry, the ala I Gallorum et Pannoniorum cataphractata, whose primary armament was a heavy lance far more effective than a regular cavalry spear, capable of puncturing two layers of chain mail.
![Carausius BI Radiate. Rotomagus, October AD 286 - March 287. […] CARAVSIVS P F AV, radiate and cuirassed bust right / FE-LI-C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/511c8e38-fc68-4f60-a09e-a72200fe76ff/f1ac866b-5a0a-41fe-bdbb-8437a1925ffd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 946
Valentinian I AV Solidus. Nicomedia, AD 364. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with a Christogram and Victory on globe; SMNE in exergue. RIC 2a; Depeyrot 10/1. 4.54g, 21mm, 12h. Fleur De Coin.
Lot 870
Balbinus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 238. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing left, holding a wand in lowered right hand over a globe at feet to left, and cornucopiae in left hand. RIC 7; RSC 23. 2.61g, 21mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
![Carausius BI Radiate. London, no mintmark, AD 287-289. […] CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [CON](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/511c8e38-fc68-4f60-a09e-a72200fe76ff/18d56b80-6b51-4135-bde7-87027c2ca64e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1067
Crusaders. Cyprus, Richard I 'the Lionheart' Æ Tetarteron. King of England, 1189-1199. Crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger / Cross on three steps; arms ending in R E X. Metcalf, Lusignan p. 2; Bendall, "A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart?", NumCirc April 2002, pp. 62-63; Schultze, A Cypriot Coin of Richard I Lion-heart", NumCirc February 2003, pp. 6-7; Bendall, "Richard I in Cyprus Again", NumCirc April 2004, pp. 85-86. 0.96g, 17mm, 1h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 1169
Carausius BI Radiate. London, March - October AD 288. IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTV-S AVG, Virtus standing right, holding spear and leaning on shield; MC in exergue. Cf. RIC 438 and Webb 485 (only C in exergue). 5.44g, 23mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Lot 1228
Diocletian BI Radiate. Struck under Carausius. London, AD 291-292. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PIVS(?) AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, with decorated shoulder straps / PA-X AVGGG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; S-P across fields, C in exergue. Cf. RIC 20 and Webb 1242. 5.27g, 23mm, 6h. Very Fine. Rare.
Lot 953
Valens AV Semissis. Antioch, AD 373-375. D N VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting a shield inscribed VOT X MVL XX in four lines; shield behind, staurogram in right field, ANOBE in exergue. RIC -; Depeyrot 43/1; M&M, 12 November 1970, 494. 2.20g, 12mm, 5h. Very Fine. Scrape to reverse. Extremely Rare.
Lot 876
Pupienus Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 238. IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC 14; C. 15; BMC 10-12; Banti 3. 20.01g, 30mm, 1h. Near Extremely Fine. Slight die shift on reverse.
Lot 489
Agrippa II, with Vespasian, Æ34 of Caesarea Paneas, Judaea. Year 27 = AD 86/7. AYTOKPA OYECÎ ACIANW KAICAPI CEBACTW, laureate and draped bust of Vespasian right / ETOYC KZ BACIΛEWC AΓPIÎ Î A, Tyche, wearing calathos, standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae; [star in upper right field]. RPC 2282. 25.05g, 34mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare, and exceptional for the type.
Lot 811
Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / REX PARTHIS DATVS, Trajan seated left on platform, presenting Parthamaspates to Parthia kneeling right; behind Trajan, prefect standing left. RIC 668; BN -; C. 328; BMC 1045. 23.26g, 34mm, 6h. Good Very Fine; reverse smoothed. Very Rare.
Lot 562
C. Poblicius Q. f. AR Serrate Denarius. Rome, 80 BC. Draped bust of Roma right, helmet decorated with corn ears; control mark above head, ROMA behind / Hercules strangling the Nemean lion; club at his feet, bow and arrow on left, C•POBLICI•Q•F in right field. Poblicia 9; Crawford 380/1. 3.55g, 20mm, 7h. Good Extremely Fine.
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