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A Globe Wernicke three section oak bookcase with lead glass slide up doors. (a/f) H-134cm, W-87cm, D-35cm

QUANTITY OF GLASS TO INCLUDE; A RUBY GLASS LIGHT SHADE, AN ANTIQUE GLASS GOBLET WITH SPIRALLY FLUTED AND ENGRAVED BOWL, MOULDED PEDESTAL CAKE STANDS, CUT GLASS GLOBE AND SHAFT SHAPED DECANTER ETC.......

Globe Wernicke cabinet with glass doors

American Interest - a 19th century carved cowrie shell, decorated with a clipper ship in full sail, spread eagle and seafaring motifs, including compass, anchor, globe, capstan and octant and inscribed, 'E Pluribus Unum', 'Romance of the Sea' and 'W W Henry Commander'

WORLD GLOBE ON STAND

A Victorian oil lamp with floral-painted pink glass reservoir and pillar, brass foot and etched glass globe shade

A pair of burgundy globe table lamps with shades

Pair of Keith Murray for Wedgwood off white Globe vases, with ribbed circular bodies, printed signature & marks, H16cm (2)

French Terrestre globe on tripod stand (height 29cm)

Mahogany three height Globe Wernicke bookcase with raised pedestal base (86.5cm x 27cm x 116cm)

A Globe-Wernicke Co & Lts five sectional mahogany bookcase, with pivoting glazed doors, 185cm high Width 86cm. Depth - maximum 32cm (base). Bottom door does appear original though slightly darker in colour. The top section door is not sliding easily and the handle is loose - it may be that this section is an associated one. Otherwise condition appears to be reasonable.

A Globe-Wernicke & Co Ltd oak five sectional bookcase, with glazed pivoting doors, 181cm high Appears to have been re polished. One glass door with replacement glass. Otherwise generally good.

An Italian glass globe table lamp, with coloured bulbs on a chrome base, 50cm tall

An Art Deco globe lamp

Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - 350-353 AD. Group comprising centenionalii with reverses of two victories with shield (Nubian mint) and emperor holding Victory on globe (Trier mint"). 10.10 grams total. With collector packets. [2, No Reserve] Good very fine.

Early 20th century oak four sectional 'Globe Wernieke' type stacking bookcase, drop down section with fitted interior, W87cm, \h174cm, D31cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Early 20th century oak 'Globe Wernicke' type library stacking bookcase, W89cm, H157cm, D26cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Revolving drinks globe, H91cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A mahogany Globe-Wernicke six tier bookcase, 87cm x 230cm.

A mixed lot to include: a reproduction globe, embroidered silk, figurines, a collection of thimbles and other items.

A 1930s chrome table lamp base depicting and aeroplane, a pair of leaf form 1930's wall mirrors, another 1930s circular wall mirror, a globe shaped ceiling light and a cut glass chandelier

Ancient Coins, Roman Empire, Vespasian (AD 69-79), aureus, IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laur. head r., rev. COS VI, Capricorn with cornucopia, globe and rudder, wt. 7.41gms. (RIC.769), nearly extremely fine, extremely rare

G British Coins and Medals, Victoria, proof five pounds, 1839, ‘Una and the lion’, lettered edge, young head l., 9 leaves to rear fillet, rev. crowned figure of the queen as Una, wearing a long flowing gown, standing. to l. holding orb and sceptre, guiding a lion behind her, date in Roman numerals below, DIRIGE legend translating as ‘May God Direct My Steps’, small lettered TERTIO edge (S.3851; W&R.279; Fr.386; KM.742), certified and graded by NGC as Proof 65 Ultra Cameo, a magnificent Proof striking, one of the finest graded, and one of the finest in existence, a rare opportunity, second only to the proof 66 sold as part of a set in Baldwin’s Aucttion 96, September 2015. Boldly detailed, beautifully frosted portrait as well as Una motif, with distinct orange-peel texture to the surfaces and light haziness attesting to the originality of this specimen, a few stray old contact marks restricted to the fields, and faint hairlines; very close to FDC, very rare, and one of the most-wanted of all British gold coins The story is familiar, the mythical tale it is based on is ancient, but here we see a classic, exquisitely produced golden rarity whose origins and emblematic significance certainly bear repeating. In the Elizabethan epic poem by Edmund Spenser, the legend of The Faerie Queene was born. Ethereal Una, companion of the Redcrosse Knight in Book One of the allegorical poem, captivated readers’ imaginations for generations: she was more of the spirit than of the flesh, a delicate lady whose knight protected her virtue and her being with undying loyalty. Una was young, untried, innocent but majestic. Two centuries after the poem appeared, a new age in England evolved, and to the poets and adventurers of the Romantic Age no image had more appeal or offered more inspiration than did the mythical Una, who seemed so much like the new Queen Victoria, for she, too, was young, untried, innocent and majestic. At the Royal Mint, recently situated outside the ancient fortress on Tower Hill, the greatly talented engraver William Wyon sought to capture the public’s imagination and its loyalty to the young Victoria by working to create an image that would endure the ages. By so doing, he also secured his own position, for who could doubt the mastery of the largest gold coin appearing in Victoria’s coronation coin set of 1839? Not only was his sensitive portrait of the young queen lifelike and most beautiful, but his image of ‘Una’ leading the British lion across the Empire and across time itself truly captured the essential spirit of the last years of the Romantic Age, when adventuring ruled the British mind and when the world seemed Britain’s for the taking. Victoria’s ‘little wars’ around the globe were all yet to be played out, and Victoria herself faced the kinds of challenges that no teenager could ever imagine. Over the coming decades, both defeat and triumph would burn into Britain’s collective body politic as the wild escapades of Lord Byron and his contemporaries of the first four decades of the nineteenth century metamorphosed into the realities of conquest and dominion, and as Great Britain reached the zenith of its imperial ambitions. Victoria’s most cherished coin occurs with two small variant reverse legends, based on Psalm 119:133 and translating to state, or perhaps to pray, ‘May God Direct My Steps’. William Wyon in 1839 seemed to sense and express the untenable future of the Empire by the use of this legend, but his image of the queen guiding the British nation, engraved so beautifully on this coin, did foretell a future of unquenchable belief in Britain’s right to be great. Drawing on inspiration from an earlier age, the engraver achieved something few artists ever have - an indelible image of his own times, the Victorian Age.

A Globemaster 12" globe

KIRIN-SEAGRAM 20th ANNIVERSARY 'THE GLOBE' Blended Whisky. Comprised of 25 year old U.S. Grain Whiskey, 28 year old Scotch malt, 20 year old Strathisla malt and 19 year old Gotemba malt. Bottle no. 28 of 2000. 750ml, 43% volume, in ceramic decanter and box. CONDITION REPORT: Very good

An early 20th Century pub mirror decorated with McEwan's Pale India Ale enclosing a hand holding the globe and supporting flags in a moulded frame, 114 x 233cm overall

A XX Century Globe Wernicke Style Sectional Bookcase, five height, on a plinth base, 178cm high, 87cm wide.

A Philips Challenge Globe, 53 cm high, and a geographic 8 inch Terrestrial Globe (2)

A vintage 20th century Replogle 12" tin plate based desk top precision globe. Good colours with faux wood tinplate circular base

Belgium NBBB-103c P 136b Banque Nationale de Belgique 1 000 Francs 5 January 1973. Portrait of Gérard Kremer (known as Mercator) at left on front. Signatures Jordens -Vandeputte. Altlas holding globe at left center sailing ship at center right on back. # 1086 Q 271400184. ICG 66 Choice UNC

A Malby & Son 6in Terrestrial Table Globe, by Malby & Son, Houghton St Newcastle St. Strand London 1848, an eight inch terrestrial table globe, circa 1848, on a turned French polished mahogany tri-form base, lacquer to globe with some scratches and a continuous rub mark around the circumference to the foot of South Africa, part of Asia’s raised area with cracks, car-touch reads ‘Malby’s Terrestrial Globe, Compiled from the latest & most authentic sources, including all the recent Geographical Discoveries, Manufactured and Published under the superintendance of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge’, 36cm tall

A Small English Globe, by JL & Co. London, on stand, lacquered brass meridian half circle, on wooden baluster turned column with triangular base, mid 19th century, 45mm diameter

A Newton & Son's New Terrestrial Pocket Globe, in turned wood case, domed lid with raised knob, with 12 hand-colored copper-engraved full gores over papier-mâché and plaster, iron pivots at poles fitting into case notches, signed in North Pacific, circa 1840, 3.9cm diameter

Cn. Lentulus AR Denarius. Spanish (?) mint, 76-75 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Genius Populi Romani right, with sceptre over shoulder; G•P•R above / Sceptre topped with wreath, globe and rudder; EX to left, S•C to right, CN•LEN•Q in exergue. Crawford 393/1a; RSC Cornelia 54. 3.85g, 19mm, 7h. Near Mint State. High relief with golden highlights. Ex Gorny & Mosch 228, 9 March 2015, lot 406; Purchased from Numismatica Varesi, December 1989.

Crispus, as Caesar, Æ Nummus. Treveri, AD 323. [IVL CRISPVS] NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed half-length bust left, with right hand holding horse by bridle, and left hand holding spear over shoulder, shield on left arm / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, altar inscribed VO-TIS XX in three lines, surmounted by globe; three stars above, [•STR(crescent)] in exergue. RIC -; Triton III, 1202. 3.44g, 18mm, 7h. Near Extremely Fine; attractive desert patina. Extremely Rare.

Gratian AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 382-383. D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGGG Є, Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, with right foot on prow, holding sceptre in right hand and globe in extended left; CONOB in exergue. RIC 45a; Depeyrot 32/1. 4.21g, 20mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.

Carlo d'Angiò, as king of Jerusalem and Sicily, duke of Apulia, count of Provence, Achaea, Forcalquer and Piamonte (from 1277-1285) AV Seal. * KAROL : TT REX : IERL : 7 : SICI : DVCAT : APVLIE :, Charles enthroned holding cross on globe and sceptre / +PVNCIE : 7 : ACHAEA 7 FORCALQUER… 7T: PEDIMONT : COMES, Arms of France and Jerusalem. Unpublished in the standard references, for another gold seal cf. P. Sella, Inventari dell'archivio segreto Vaticano: Le bolle d'oro, Vaticano 1934, 10 = A. Martini, I sigilli d’oro - The gold seals of the Vatican Secret Archives, Milano 1984, 11a-b. 17.19g, 49mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Unique and of considerable historic significance. From the collection of Gianfranco Galfetti; Privately purchased from Kunst und Münzen, Lugano in 1963. Charles of Anjou, founder of the Angevin dynasty in Naples, was the youngest son of Louis VIII and brother of King Louis IX of France. He took part in Louis IX's crusades to Egypt in 1248 and Tunisia in 1270. After obtaining Provence by marriage in 1246, which extended his influence into Piedmont, he became senator of Rome (1263, 1265–78) and undertook to champion the papal cause against Manfred, the Hohenstaufen who had usurped the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily in 1258. In reward, he was crowned king of Naples and Sicily in 1266 by Pope Clement IV, which he had already received as a papal grant in 1262. Charles defeated and killed Manfred at the Battle of Benevento in 1266 and then defeated and executed the last of the Hohenstaufen line, Conradin, later that year. As leader of the Guelphs, or papal faction, he gained political hegemony in Italy and won suzerainty over several cities in Tuscany, Piedmont, and Lombardy, but his overbearing policies led to a cooling of his relations with the papacy. Planning to establish his own empire, he allied himself with the deposed Latin ruler of Constantinople, Baldwin II, against Greek Michael VIII and fought for years in the Balkans. Corfu, Epirus, and Albania were taken. On 18 March 1277, he bought the claim and assumed the title of King of Jerusalem, sending Roger of San Severino as his bailli to Acre. There Roger ousted Balian of Arsuf (Balian of Ibelin), the bailli of Hugh III, and compelled the nobles to swear fealty. In the meantime, Gregory had been succeeded by Pope Innocent V, who arranged a peace between Charles and the Genoese. The crushing taxes necessitated by his wars and his appointment of oppressive French officials to exact them led to the Sicilian Vespers in 1282. The ensuing war against the Sicilian rebels and Peter III of Aragón, chosen by the rebels as king of Sicily, continued after his death in Foggia in 1285 under Charles's son and successor, Charles II, then a prisoner in Catalonia, so the regency passed to his French cousin Robert II of Artois, son of the younger brother of St Louis.

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. 2.74g, 21mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.

T. Carisius AR Denarius. Rome, 46 BC. Head of Roma right, wearing ornate crested helmet; ROMA downwards behind / Sceptre, cornucopiae on globe, and rudder, T•CARISI below; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 464/3a; RSC Carisia 4. 3.65g, 18mm, 10h. Near Mint State. Extremely rare in such high grade.

Theodosius I AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 379. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Theodosius and Gratian seated facing on throne, holding globe between them; palm between legs, figure of Victory with wings spread above; TESOB in exergue. RIC 34c; Depeyrot 34/3. 4.23g, 20mm, 11h. Near Mint State; minor scuff on obv.

Arcadius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 397-402. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarters facing, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / CONCORDIA AVGG Z, Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing, head left, holding Victory on globe and spear; CONOB in exergue. RIC 7; Depeyrot 55/1. 4.41g, 20mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin.

Julia Domna AV Aureus. Rome, AD 193-196. IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right / VENERI VICTR, Venus standing right, seen from behind, half nude with drapery hanging low beneath her posterior, holding a palm branch in her left hand, a globe in her right and leaning with her left elbow on a low column to her left. RIC 536 (Severus); BMCRE 47; Calicó 2641a; Hill 100. 7.26g, 18mm, 3h. Good Extremely Fine. A very attractive example with beautiful lustre. Cassius Dio relates an anecdote that, prior to the wedding of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, Septimius is supposed to have dreamt that Faustina Senior, wife to the last worthy emperor Marcus Aurelius, prepared their nuptial chamber within the Temple of Venus and Roma, near the imperial palace. Such a link back to the golden years before the depravations of Commodus and the ensuing civil war implied to the ever-superstitious plebs Faustina's approval of Septimius and Julia, offering her blessing to them while portending their destiny as the rightful rulers of the empire, sent to guide Rome back to better times. Septimius aspired to restore peace and stability to the Roman Empire, and his wife Julia was to play an instrumental role in this endeavour. By all accounts their marriage was a very happy one, and it is testament to the affection in which Julia held her husband that she chose to accompany Septimius on all of his military campaigns at a time when the women of Rome were expected to stay behind in the city and await their husband's return. Fittingly, the high regard in which Septimius held his wife for her resilience, political views and faithfulness is attested to by the great number of titles conferred upon her, including that of Mater Senatus et Patriae (mother of the Senate and Rome) and, on account of her companionship in the field, Mater Castrorum (mother of the camp). The naturally strong bond exhibited by Septimius and Julia could not have been a better stabiliser to the teetering empire after the so-called 'Year of the Five Emperors' in AD 193, and the opportunity was not lost on the new emperor and empress to secure their own positions. An association with Venus was favoured for the Empress' early coinage, so that the first issues struck for Julia feature the goddess, as we see on this stunning aureus. Julia was to be presented as a model of traditional Roman values, and here we see why the association with Venus was a crucial starting point: Venus is represented as the goddess of victory, holding a globe in her hand to signify Roman dominion over the known world. Of course, her other roles as goddess of love, beauty, fertility and motherhood, all equally important to Julia, are not forgotten in the design of this reverse type and further secure her position as the mother of the state.

Valentinian III AV Solidus. Rome, AD 440-455. D N PLA VALENTI NIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI A AVGGG, Valentinian standing facing, holding long cross in right hand and Victory on globe in left, foot on head of human-headed coiled serpent; R-M across fields, CONOB in exergue. RIC 2014; Lacam 12; Depeyrot 46/1; DOCLR 849-50; Biaggi -. 4.50g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.

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• in exergue. RIC 1a; Depeyrot 22/1. 4.40g, 22mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin.

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. 4.45g, 21mm, 6h. Near Mint State.

Valens AV Solidus. Treveri, AD 367-375. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Valens and Valentinian I seated facing on throne, holding globe between them; palm between legs, figure of Victory with wings spread above; TROBC in exergue. RIC 17c; C. 53; Depeyrot 43/2. 4.53g, 21mm, 1h. Extremely Fine.

Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), July 18-17/16 BC. Bare head left / Capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder, cornucopiae over its shoulder; AVGVSTVS below. RIC 130; RSC 22; BMC 307. 3.88g, 19mm, 7h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare, with beautiful golden highlights.

Nero Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of bust / DECVRSIO, Nero on riding right, holding spear in right hand, soldier riding behind, holding vexillum over his right shoulder; S-C across fields. RIC 436; WCN 418; BMCRE 311; BN 71; Cohen 86. 25.54g, 35mm, 6h. Very Fine.

Antoninus Pius Æ Dupondius. Rome, AD 159-160. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, radiate head right / PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Pietas standing left, holding globe and child, a child at either side; S-C across fields. RIC 1035; C. 625. 13.18g, 26mm, 12h. About Extremely Fine. Ex Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 2, 21 February 1990, lot 660.

Octavian AR Denarius. Italian mint (Rome?), autumn 31 - summer 30 BC. Bare head left / Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm; CAESAR DIVI•F across fields. RIC 254b; CRI 407; RSC 64. 3.82g, 20mm, 4h. Good Extremely Fine.

Zeno Æ Nummus. Constantinople, AD 476-491. D N ZENO PVG (sic), helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust of Roma right / ZENO, the emperor standing facing atop slain enemy, holding long cross and globe. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 1.45g, 15mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished, and possibly unique.

Gratian AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 382-383. D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing, head right, right foot on prow, holding sceptre in left hand, globe in right, lion's heads on throne; CONOB in exergue. RIC 44a; Depeyrot 33/1. 4.47g, 22mm, 12h. Mint State.

Valentinian I AV Solidus. Antioch, late AD 366-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with Christogram and Victory on globe; ANTB in exergue. RIC 2a.ii. var. (officina not listed); Depeyrot 27/2. 4.55g, 21mm, 5h. Good Very Fine.

Octavian AR Denarius. Cyrene, autumn 31 BC. L. Pinarius Scarpus, Imperator. Head of Jupiter Ammon right; AVGVR upwards to left, PONTIF upwards to right / Victory standing right on globe, holding palm frond over left shoulder with left hand, and wreath tied with fillet in extended right hand; IMP CAESAR DIVI F in two lines across fields. Crawford 546/4; RIC 535; CRI 411; RSC 125. 3.73g, 19mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. This type is most likely the first struck by Scarpus after defecting to Octavian's side. Although clearly one of his issues as it bears the distinctive portrait of Jupiter Ammon, the imperator's name is absent no doubt as a sign of submission. The obverse instead bears Octavian's priestly titles of augur and pontifex, naming him on the reverse.

Augustus AR Denarius. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), July 18-17/16 BC. Bare head right / Capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder, cornucopiae over its shoulder; AVGVSTVS below. RIC 126; RSC 21; BMC 346. 3.93g, 18mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin.

Constantine III AV Solidus. Lugdunum, AD 408-409. D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AAAVGGGG, Emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; L-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC 1506, Depeyrot 20/3. 4.45g, 21mm, 12h. Mint State.

Lucius Verus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 161. IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, bare head right / PROV DEOR TR P COS II, Providentia standing left, holding globe and cornucopiae. RIC 463 (Aurelius); RSC 144; BMCRE 35. 3.31g, 18mm, 11h. Mint State.

Didius Julianus AV Aureus. Rome, 28 March - 1 June AD 193. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / •P•M•TR•P•COS•, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. RIC 2a; C. 8; BMCRE 4; Calicó 2395; Woodward pl. VI, 6. 6.42g, 20mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. The previous emperor Pertinax having been murdered after just three months in the imperial palace, Didius Julianus was raised to the Purple in a shameful episode, where the sources record, the empire was ‘auctioned’ to the highest bidder by the Praetorian Guard. In fear of what troubles Julianus and the Praetorians could create if challenged, the Senate were forced to submit to his rule and ratify his elevation to the throne, whilst at the same time bestowing honorific titles on his wife and daughter, Manlia Scantilla and Didia Clara. Cassius Dio relates that “The next day we [the Senators] went up to pay our respects to him, moulding our faces, so to speak, and posturing, so that our grief should not be detected. The populace, however, went about openly with sullen looks, spoke its mind as much as it pleased, and was getting ready to do anything it could. Finally, when he came to the senate-house and was about to sacrifice to Janus before the entrance, all fell to shouting, as if by preconcerted arrangement, calling him stealer of the empire and parricide” (LXXIV, 13, 2-3). However, Julianus’ time in the palace was to be limited by the challenges of three provincial governors, all of whom laid claim to the imperial throne. Pescennius Niger in Syria, Clodius Albinus in Britain and Septimius Severus in Upper Pannonia all had themselves acclaimed emperor, Cassius Dio relating that it was the populace of the city that had first called for Niger to come to their aid. As the closest to Italy, Severus had the advantage and marched toward Rome, the spectre of his approaching army being enough to further weaken Julianus’ grip on power so that the Senate were able to condemn him to death and appoint Severus in his place. Seen in the knowledge of Julianus’ demise, the reverse type of the present piece featuring Fortuna is then somewhat ironic. The goddess of fortune and personification of luck in Roman religion, her depiction on the coinage would involved the goddess' blessing for the both emperor and empire; however she was as equally dedicated to ensuring life’s capriciousness, as it must quickly have become apparent to Julianus.

Theodosius I AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 379. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REIPVB, Theodosius I and Gratian enthroned facingholding a globe between them, Victory above facing with wings spread, crowning them with laurel wreathes; TESOB in exergue. RIC 33b var. (emperors holding mappa); Depeyrot 33/2 var. (same); DO -. 4.25g, 20mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare, known to Depeyrot by only two examples for Gratian and two for Theodosius I. Only one example is represented on CoinArchives. This was evidently a very short-lived issue, and the reverse legend appears to have been swiftly supplanted by VICTORIA AVGG, and Victory was now shown hovering between the two emperors, no longer holding wreaths above their heads.

Cn. Lentulus AR Denarius. Spanish (?) mint, 76-75 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Genius Populi Romani right, with sceptre over shoulder; G•P•R above / Sceptre topped with wreath, globe and rudder; EX to left, S•C to right, LENT•CVR•Ӿ•FL in exergue. Crawford 393/1b; RSC Cornelia 55. 3.91g, 19mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Iridescent highlights.