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Click here to subscribeValentinian I AV Solidus. Arelate, AD 364-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTIVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with a Christogram and Victory on globe; KONSTAN in exergue. RIC 1b; Depeyrot 13/1. 4.40g, 21mm, 12h. Two light edge bumps, otherwise Mint State.
Maximian BI Nummus. London, circa May 305 - Spring 307. D N MAXIMIANO BEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive-branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia and Quies standing facing each other, the latter holding branch and sceptre. CT 4.01.003; RIC 76B. 10.54g, 29mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.
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 Z, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. DOC 5; Sear 478. 4.48g, 23mm, 6h. Near Mint State.
Galba AR Denarius. Rome, July 68 - January 69. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate and draped bust right / VICTORIA P R, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm. BMC 49; CBN 97; C. 328; RIC 217. 3.26g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 March 2006, lot 414.
Quietus BI Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 261-262. IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, helmeted, wearing long dress and cloak, holding spear and Victory with wreath; star in left field. RIC 9; C. 11. 4.38g, 22mm, 5h. Good Very Fine.
Valentinian I AV Solidus. Arelate, AD 364-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTIVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with a Christogram and Victory on globe; KONSTAN in exergue. RIC 1b; Depeyrot 13/1. 4.44g, 21mm, 12h. Fleur De Coin. Exceptionally well detailed reverse.
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 267-268. GALLIENVS P F AVG, cuirassed bust of Gallienus left, wearing crested helmet, holding spear over right shoulder, shield with aegis on left / P M TR POT C VII P P (sic?), Mars, wearing crested helmet and chlamys, and carrying spear and shield, descending right towards to Rhea Silvia, who reclines left, nude to waist, raising right hand above head. RIC -; RSC -; C. -; Göbl, MIR -, cf. 945-946 for reverse type with alternate legends. 2.91g, 20mm, 5h. About Extremely Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished. A beautiful coin combining a bold militaristic portrait engraved in fine style, with a classic scene from Roman mythology. This scene, while well attested in surviving Roman artwork, occurs only one other time in the entirety of the vast Roman coinage series, on an As of Antoninus Pius (see lot 822); a medallion of Faustina Senior, clearly not intended for monetary use, also bears the type, and was probably created around the same time.
M. Plaetorius M. f. Cestianus AR Denarius. Rome, 67 BC. Bust of 'Vacuna' right, wearing a wreathed and crested helmet, bow and quiver on shoulder; cornucopiae below chin, CESTIANVS behind, S•C before / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left; M• PLAETORIVS M•F•AED•CVR around. Crawford 409/1; RSC 4. 3.94g, 19mm, 4h. Near Extremely Fine.
Constantius II AV Solidus. Siscia, AD 337-340. Decennalia issue. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA DD NN AVG, Victory seated right on cuirass, holding shield inscribed VOT X MVLT XX in four lines and supported by winged Genius standing left; SIS* in exergue. RIC 30; Depeyrot 5/2; Biaggi 2176. 4.43g, 25mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014, lot 1170.
Augustus AR Denarius. Rome, 19/18 BC. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. TVRPILIANVS III VIR FERON, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing stephane and pearl necklace / CAESAR AVGVSTVS•SIGN•RECE•, bare-headed Parthian kneeling right, extending in right hand a standard, to which is attached a vexillum marked X, and holding out left hand. RIC 288; RSC 484; BMC 14; BN 127-37. 3.73g, 21mm, 2h. Extremely Fine. Fine light golden tone. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 72, 16-17 May 2013, lot 1387.
P. Accoleius Lariscolus AR Denarius. Rome, 43 BC. Draped bust of Diana Nemorensis right; P•ACCOLEIVS upwards to left, LARISCOLVS downwards to right / Triple cult statue of Diana Nemorensis facing, supporting on their hands and shoulders a beam, above which are five cypress trees; the figure on left holding a poppy, that on right holding a lily. Crawford 486/1; RSC Accoleia 1. 3.86g, 20mm, 8h. Good Extremely Fine. A very good example of the type. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 11, 29 April 1998, lot 81.
Constantine I BI Nummus. London, circa AD 311-312. CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / COMITI AVGG NN, Sol standing left, with raised right hand, holding globe in left; star in right field, PLN in exergue. CT 7.03.036; RIC 177. 4.65g, 23mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.
M. Plaetorius M. f. Cestianus AR Denarius. Rome, 67 BC. Bust of 'Vacuna' right, wearing a wreathed and crested helmet, bow and quiver on shoulder; cornucopiae below chin, CESTIANVS behind, S•C before / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left; M• PLAETORIVS M•F•AED•CVR around. Crawford 409/1; Sydenham 809; RSC 4. 3.90g, 19mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 155-130 BC. Diademed and draped bust right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ around / Athena Alkidemos advancing left; monograms to right and left, Karosthi script around. Bopearachchi 13J; SNG ANS 805. 2.44g, 18mm, 11h. Mint State. Very Rare. From the estate of an English numismatist.
Anastasius II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 713-715. d N ARTEMIVS ANASTASIVS MVL, crowned and draped bust facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia / VICTORIA AVGu Δ, cross potent set on three steps; CONOB in exergue. DOC 2i; MIB 2; Füeg 2.K.11; Sear 1463. 4.44g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine; a couple of minor scrapes. Rare.
Octavian AR Denarius. Italian mint (Rome?), autumn 30 - summer 29 BC. Laureate bust of Apollo Actius right, with features of Octavian / Octavian, veiled and in priestly robes, ploughing right with team of oxen; IMP•CAESAR in exergue. RIC 272; CRI 424; RSC 117; BMCRE 638-40 = BMCRR Rome 4363-5; BN 92-6. 3.58g, 21mm, 10h. Good Extremely Fine. The obverse of this rare coin borrows from the Greek tradition of moulding the features of a deity to resemble the ruler, as was the case on the coinage of Alexander and his father Philip. The reverse depicts Octavian as city founder of Nicopolis in Epeiros, established in 31 BC at the site of the battle of Actium in memory of his victory over Antony and Cleopatra. The sacred boundary was marked by a pomerium or sacred furrow. On the spot where Octavian's own tent had been pitched he built a monument adorned with the beaks of the captured galleys; and in further celebration of his victory he instituted the so-called Actian games in honour of Apollo Actius, who had an ancient temple on the promontory there.
Valentinian I BI Maiorina. Constantinople, AD 364-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Valentinian and Valens standing in facing quadriga, nimbate and togate, each holding sceptre and mappa; CONSP in exergue. RIC -, cf. p. 209, 1 (Aureus with single emperor in quadriga distributing coins); LRBC -; DOC Late Roman -; Hunter -; ERIC II -; C. -. 6.56g, 25mm, 1h. Good Very Fine. Unique and unpublished; a fascinating type. Julian II was the last surviving male relative of Constantine and as such marked the end of his dynasty. The demise of Jovian left no natural successor, and according to Ammianus Marcellinus (Res Gestae XXVI.1.5), the generals and civil officials met in conclave to name a new emperor, a Pannonian officer of humble origin, Valentinian I, who was proclaimed Augustus on 28 February 364. This event is celebrated on the reverse of the unique Valentinian I aureus in the British Museum (also with mintmark CONSP) depicting the emperor alone scattering coins from a facing quadriga, which must be his first distribution issue on accepting the Augustate. However, the above hitherto unknown billon issue depicts Valentinian with a co-emperor, his brother Valens, who he nominated Augustus in Constantinople one month later, on 28 March 364. From the Codex Theodosius we learn that the largest billon coins which modern numismatists call Æ 1, were known as 'maiorina pecunia' and 'cententionales communes' (CTh 9.23.1), and that there were severe penalties for defacing them. They were a continuation of the billon nummi of Diocletian's currency reform of 293 which originally had a silver wash and content of about 4%, rarely seen; for discussion cf. RIV VIII pp. 48 and 65-6.
Allectus BI ‘Quinarius’. London, AD 295-296. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, with decorated shoulder straps / VIRTVS AVG, galley left, with mast, five oars, and Victory to left on prow, holding wreath; QC in exergue. Burnett 219; RIC 132; Webb 202. 2.70g, 20mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Marcus Aurelius AV Aureus. Rome, AD 172. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IMP VI COS III, Marcus Aurelius in military dress standing to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and reversed spear in his left; behind him stands Victory, who crowns him with a wreath held in her right hand, and holds a palm with her left; between them, pellet. Biaggi 856; BMC 566; C. 308; Foss 46; RIC 264; Sear II 4860; Calicó 1873. 7.19g, 20mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Very Rare. Ex D. J. Foster Collection, Noble Numismatics 109, 28 July 2015, lot 3513; Ex Spink Noble 40, 18-20 November 1992, lot 2613; The image of the emperor on the reverse of this coin is not only unusual, but also historically very interesting. Aurelius has here assumed the symbols of Jupiter, holding a thunderbolt and spear while Victory crowns him with laurels; we should interpret this image as representing the close connection between the supreme god Jupiter and the person of the emperor who was not only the head of state but also the pontifex maximus. Yet the dating of this issue seems to precede two important events that occurred across the Danube in the campaign of 172-4: namely, the 'lightning miracle' and the 'rain miracle', which two incidents are recorded on the column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. The Historia Augusta (Marcus 24.2) tells us that in the case of the 'lightning miracle' the emperor 'summoned a thunderbolt from heaven against a siege-engine of the enemy by means of his prayers' - the column clearly shows a stone enclosure filled with Romans, and outside a siege tower struck by a bolt of lightning that has burst into flames. The second and more important of the two events, the 'rain miracle' as related by Cassius Dio, describes how the Legio XII Fulminata was surrounded and entangled in a defile, suffering from thirst, and almost forced to surrender. A sudden storm then gave abundance of rain which refreshed the Romans, while hail and thunder confounded their enemies who were struck down by bolts of lightning. Thus the Romans were able to achieve a near bloodless victory. This was considered for a long time afterwards to have been a miracle and nothing less than divine intervention by Jupiter on behalf of the Romans. That the issue pre-dates the rain miracle seems relatively certain, since it is well attested that Aurelius' seventh acclamation as Imperator occurred in the immediate aftermath of this event. The depiction then of Aurelius on the reverse of this coin, wielding the power of Jupiter, seems curiously prophetic.
Julia Paula Æ29 of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 219-220. IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane / Cart of Astarte containing baetyl within centre of zodiacal wheel. Rouvier 1571; BMC - (but cf. 10 for rev. type on coin of Elagabalus); Triton XV, 1433. 19.84g, 29mm, 6h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Uranius Antoninus BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-254. AVTOK C COVΛΠ ANTωNINOC CE, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, hand raised before / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ OVCIAC, eagle standing facing, head right with wreath in beak; S-C to either side of wings, EMICA in exergue. Baldus, Nachtrage 3, 9-10; Prieur 1041. 9.49g, 25mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare, the fourth example known with this bust type.
Carausius BI Radiate. London, March AD 291 - October 292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F IN AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PAX A-VGGG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC 338; Webb 394. 3.98g, 24mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Silvered.
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. 3.54g, 26mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Some silvering.
Phocas AV Solidus. Constantinople, circa AD 602-610. O N FOCAS PERP AVC, draped and cuirassed bust facing holding globus cruciger, wearing crown with pendilia / VICTORIA AVCC Δ, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; N in right field, CONOB in exergue. MIBE 6 (same rev. die); DOC 2; Sear 617. 4.41g, 21mm, 7h. Almost as Struck. Extremely Rare. Struck as a special issue perhaps commemorating the start of his reign, this solidus bears a particularly lifelike portrait of an emperor who was known to have had a grotesque physical appearance.
John I AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 969-976. + IҺS XPS REX REGNANTIVM, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / + ΘԐOTOC b'Θ 'IωdЄSP', half-length facing busts of John, wearing crown and loros, holding patriarchal cross, and the Virgin Mary; MΘ above her, manus Dei above John. DOC III 3; Sear 1785. 4.35g, 22mm, 7h. Extremely Fine.
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated year 128 = 2/3 BC. Laureate bust of Melkart right / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow; palm branch at shoulder; PKH (date) above club to left, Phoenician B between legs, monograms to right. RPC I Suppl. 4650b. Cf. BMC Phoenicia 233. 14.18g, 26mm, 1h. Very Fine; harshly cleaned. Very rare date.
Trajan AR Drachm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 114-116. AYTOKP KAIC NEP TRAIANW ARICTW CEB ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATO S, two-humped (Bactrian) camel to left. Metcalf, Tell Kalak 20; SNG ANS -; Sydenham, Caesarea –; Kindler pl. VI, 12. 2.98g, 19mm, 6h. Near Mint State; lustrous. Struck from dies of very fine style. Rare.
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. London, circa AD 321-323. CONSTANTI-NVS IVN N C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / BEATA TRA-NQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, P-A across fields, PLON in exergue. CT 9.04.024; RIC -. 3.19g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Rare.
Constantine I BI Nummus. London, late AD 314 - early 315. CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate and trabeate bust left / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left in quadriga seen from front, with raised right hand, holding globe and whip in left; MSL in exergue. CT 8.07.031 (this coin); RIC -. 3.10g, 21mm, 6h. Very Fine. Very Rare. Ex Vecchi 12, 5 June 1998, lot 896.
Allectus BI ‘Quinarius’. London, AD 295-296. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVG, galley left, with mast, six oars and acrostolium ending in dragon’s head; QL in exergue. Cf. Burnett 111; RIC 55; Webb 89; CNG 108, 2016, 761. 2.89g, 21mm, 6h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Faustina II AV Aureus. Rome, AD 161-176. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / SALVTI AVGVSTAE, Salus seated left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, feeding snake that rises entwined around altar. RIC 716 (Aurelius); C. 198; BMC 153 (Aurelius); Calicó 2075. 7.21g, 21mm, 12h. Fleur De Coin. A charming, feminine portrait; lustrous metal with a subtle red tone. Ex Sincona 4, 25 October 2011, lot 4111; Ex Leu Numismatik 72, 12 May 1998, lot 455.
Austria. Holy Roman Empire, Charles V (Emperor, 1519-1556) AV Dukat Klippe. Siege of Vienna issue, dated 1529. Crowned and armoured bust of Ferdinand I (Archduke of Austria, 1521-1564) right; 15-Z9 flanking bust; TVRK • BLE/GERT • WI/: EN : ; arabesques at cardinal points / Long cross pattée; in quarters at angles, coats-of-arms of Niederösterreich, Castile, Hungary, and Bohemia; each shield surmounted by an arabesque. Brause-Mansfeld pl. XLII, 9; Markl 278; Mailliet 2²; Friedberg 22. 3.53g, 23mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Struck on a slightly irregular flan, scattered marks, some flatness. Underlying lustre. Extremely Rare, and in excellent condition for the issue. The 1529 Siege of Vienna halted the seemingly inexorable march of Ottoman conquest that had spread westward across eastern Europe during the previous century or so. Following a successful military campaign in Hungary led by Sultan Suleiman I 'the Magnificent', the Ottoman army had set out to besiege the city of Vienna in September 1529. The long advance to Austria depleted Ottoman resources and the European wet season caused many of the troops to arrive in a poor state of health. The Austrian resistance, an impromptu collaboration of the city's population and European mercenaries, fortified the ancient heart of the city around St. Stephen's Cathedral and prepared for a lengthy siege. The treasures of Vienna's churches were used to strike an emergency issue of coinage, of which the present piece is an excellently preserved example, in order to pay the mercenaries sent by the Holy Roman Emperor. Abandoning the siege in mid-October, the Ottoman retreat was further hampered by the weather. This humiliating end to the campaign in Hungary ended Ottoman expansion into central Europe and marked the zenith of their predominance, and for more than a century afterwards the Ottoman Empire was unable to threaten central Europe.
Honorius AV Solidus. Mediolanum, AD 394-395. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl- diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGGG, Emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. Depeyrot 16/2; RIC IX 35c; cf. RIC X 1206a. 4.43g, 21mm, 5h. Extremely Fine.
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