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Lot # 564 - Julian II (360-363). AR Siliqua, Constantinople mint. Obv. DN FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines below, C•PΓ. RIC VIII 159. AR. 2.3 g. 20 mm. Rare. Well centred on a large flan. A fine style portait. Choice example. Good EF.
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Lot # 565 - Gratian (367-383). AR Miliarense, Treveri mint. Struck 367-375 AD. Obv. DN GRATIANVS PF AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VIRTVS EXERCITVS. Gratian standing facing, head left, holding signum in right hand, placing left hand on shield set on ground; in exergue, TRPS•. RIC IX 26e. AR. 4.28 g. 25.5 mm. R. Rare. Choice exemple, lightly toned. Hairline flan crack. Nick on obverse. About EF.
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Lot # 566 - Gratian (367-383). AV Solidus, Constantinople mint, 380 AD. Obv. DN GRATIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. CONCORDIA AVGGG. Constantinopolis seated facing, her head turned right, on a throne ornamented with lions’ heads, holding a sceptre and a globe, her right foot resting on a prow; CONOB in exergue. RIC IX 44; Depeyrot 31/1; C. 5. AV. 4.42 g. 22 mm. R. Rare and superb, sharply struck from fresh dies. Virtually as struck. About FDC/FDC.
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Lot # 567 - Valentinian II (375-392). AV Solidus, Mediolanum mint, 380-382 AD. Obv. D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTOR-IA AVGG. The two emperors, nimbate, seated facing; the right one holding mappa, together holding globe; above, Victory with spread wings; below, palm branch; in exergue, COM. RIC IX 5e; Depeyrot 1/2. AV. 4.47 g. 21.5 mm. R. Exceptional specimen, with bold portrait and detailed reverse. Good EF/About FDC.
Unmodified Exagium Solidi
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Lot # 568 - Theodosius I, with Arcadius and Honorius. AE Exagium Solidi Weight. Constantinople mint, 402-408. Obv. . DDD NNN GGG. Diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius, Theodosius, and Arcadius respectively. Rev. EXAGIVM SOLIDI. Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; wreath between palm branches in exergue. RIC X p. 8; Bendall, Byzantine Weights 9; Sabatier 8; Cf. Göbl, Antike 228-9. AE. 3.99 g. 21 mm. RR. A choice example, of excellent style. Light adjustment marks on reverse; unaltered by piercing or plugging, very rare thus. Lovely even deep brown patina. About EF/About VF. Official solidus weights were introduced with Julian's law in AD 363, which mandated the appointment of a zygostates—an official responsible for weighing solidi in each city. This measure aimed to restore trust in the solidus, which had been frequently clipped. The term 'exagium' comes from the Latin word 'exigere,' meaning 'to drive out,' specifically referring to the removal of underweight solidi to ensure a consistent weight standard essential for the circulation of imperial gold coins at their full value. Many of these exagia often have holes or plugs added to achieve the correct weight, making unaltered exagia quite rare.
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Lot # 569 - Magnus Maximus (383-388). AE 13.5 mm, Uncertain mint. Obv. DN MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. [SPES ROMANORVM]. Camp gate with two turrets; above, star. Cf. RIC IX 29a (Arelate). AE. 0.87 g. 13.5 mm. Good VF.
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Lot # 570 - Flavius Victor (387-388). AE 13 mm. Aquileia mint. Obv. DN FL VICTOR P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. SPES ROMANORVM. Camp gate with open door and two towers; star above; in exergue, SMAQP. RIC IX 55b.1. AE. 1.11 g. 13 mm. R. Choice specimen. Good VF.
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Lot # 571 - Arcadius (383-408). AV Tremissis, Mediolanum mint, 403-408 AD. Obv. DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM. Victory advancing right, holding wreath and globus cruciger; M-D across field; in exergue, COM. RIC X 1214; Depeyrot 18/1. AV. 1.45 g. 12.5 mm. R. Rare and superb. Virtually as struck. About FDC.
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Lot # 572 - Honorius (393-423). AV Solidus, Mediolanum mint, 402-423 AD. Obv. D N HONORIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG. Honorius standing right with left foot on bound captive, holding labarum and Victory on globe; across field, M-D; in exergue, COMOB. RIC IX 35c; RIC X 1206; Depeyrot 16/2. AV. 4.46 g. 21 mm. Good VF/About EF.
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Lot # 573 - Honorius (393-423). AV Solidus, Ravenna mint, c. 415 AD. Obv. D N HONORIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust right; helmet decorated with stars. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG. Honorius in tunic and officer's cloak standing facing, holding long cross topped with P (staurogram), the bottom driven into serpent-tailed lion prostrate left under emperor's right foot; hand of God reaches in from above left to crown Honorius with a halo; R - V in the fields; COB in exergue. RIC X 1310; C. 43; Ranieri 15-17; Depeyrot 3/1. AV. 4.35 g. RR. Choice and rare type. EF. Encapsulated by NGC CH XF.
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Lot # 574 - Theodosius II (408-450). AV Solidus, Constantinople mint, c. 425-429 AD. Obv. DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG. Helmeted three-quarter bust facing, diademed, draped and cuirassed, holding spear and shield (horseman rides down enemy). Rev. SALVS REI PVBLICAE Δ. Theodosius and Valentinian nimbate enthroned facing both in consular robes, holding mappa and cruciform sceptre; above and between them, star. RIC X 237. AV. 4.47 g. 21.8 mm. Superb example, with bright fields. Enchanting portrait, with fresh and detailed reliefs. Virtually as struck. About FDC/Good EF.
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Lot # 575 - Valentinian III (425-455). AV Solidus. Constantinople mint, AD 430-440. Obv. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif. Rev. VOT XXX MVLT XXXX Γ. Constantinopolis seated left, foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; shield at her side; star in right field; in exergue, CONOB. RIC X 260; Depeyrot 81/2. AV. 3.96 g. 19 mm. EF.
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Lot # 576 - Marcian (450-457). AV Solidus, Constantinople mint, AD 450. Obv. D N MARCIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG Z. Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star in right field; in exergue, CONOB. RIC X 510; Depeyrot 87/1. AV. 4.07 g. 20 mm. Scarce. About EF.
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Lot # 577 - Marcian (450-457). AE Nummus, Constantinople mint. Obv. DN MARCIANVS PF AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Monogram of Marcian within wreath; below, CON. RIC X 543. AE. 0.85 g. 10.5 mm. R. Legend fully visible. Good VF.
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Lot # 578 - Majorian (457- 461). AV Tremissis, Ravenna mint. Obv. D N IVL MAIORIANVS P F AVC. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Latin cross pattée within wreath; large central jewel above; COMOB. RIC X 2610; Depeyrot 23/2; Ranieri 141; Lacam 42. AV. 1.46 g. 14 mm. RR. Very rare and superb. EF. Sold but not paid in our Auction LX. Julius Valerius Majorian owned his name to his maternal grandfather, who had been magister militum in Illyricum in the 370s. He had himself served with distinction under Aetius, and in 455 he was considered a possible successor of Valentinian III. Presumably, when he and Ricimer deposed Avitus in October 456, it was intended that he should succeed him, but according to Sidonius Apollinaris, who knew him personally, he was reluctant to assume the burden, and an interregnum of six months followed during which he and Ricimer were in fact masters of the West but the Emperors were nominally Marcian and, after January 457, Leo. Even after he had been proclaimed emperor by the army outside Rome on 1st April 457, he continued to call himself no more than magister militum, and he was not proclaimed at Ravenna until 28 December 457. Just as Avitus had not been acceptable in Italy, so Majorian was not acceptable in Gaul. In 458 he led an army of German mercenaries into the Rhone valley, made himself master of Lyon, which had accepted a Burgundian garrison, and having defeated the Visigoths outside Arles, he compelled them to come to terms. But his Gallic successes in 458/9 were followed by misfortunes in Spain in 460/1. Two naval expeditions planned against Gaiseric met with disaster, and he was forced to return to Italy with no accomplishment to his credit. Such successes as he had had, however, aroused the suspicions of Ricimer: Majorian, who had deserved better things, was seized by treachery at Tortona on 2 August, deposed, and beheaded five days later. AE4 were struck under Majorian at Milan, Ravenna and Rome […] The coins of all three mints are larger and substantially heavier than any Western bronze coins had been since the reign of Honorius. Lacam (1988, 220) has suggested that these unusually high weights are to be explained by Ricimer's need for betterc coin to offer Gundobald's mercenaries when preparing for his campaign against the Vandals, but it is difficult to immagine any troops being satisfied with such miserable scraps of metal. (Grierson-Mays 'Catalogue of Late Roman Coin in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection', Washington, 1992, pp. 250-252).
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Lot # 579 - Libius Severus (Severus III, 461-465). AE 10.5 mm, Rome mint. Obv. Diademed, draped and cuirassed (?) bust right. Rev. Monogram of Ricimer. RIC X 2715-2717; LRBC 871-872; Morello 1/3. AE. 0.74 g. 9 mm. RR. Very rare. Well readable monogram. F/VF.
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Lot # 580 - Anthemius (467-472). AE Nummus. Rome mint. Obv. [DN ANTHEMIVS P F AVG]. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Monogram of Anthemius within wreath. RIC X 2864; Morello -. AE. 0.64 g. 9 mm. RRR. Extremely rare. Few specimens known. Well readeable monogram. F/Good VF.
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Lot # 581 - Julius Nepos (474-475). AV Solidus. Rome mint, in the name of Zeno. Obv. D N ZENO PERP F AVG. Helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG:. Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star to right; COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3205; Depeyrot 78/2; Lacam pl. 42, 97-101. AV. 4.35 g. 20 mm. RR. Very rare. Good VF. Nepos was a powerful and well-connected figure, virtually the hereditary ruler of Dalmatia, and married to a relative of Verina, empress of Leo I. No evidence exists to enable his personal qualities to be assessed. His seizure of the western throne appears to have had the blessing of Zeno, but he never received more than diplomatic support from the East. His recognition in Italy was divided into two periods by the usurpation of Romulus followed probably by several months during which Odovacar acknowledged only the eastern emperor. His acceptance as nominal emperor was evidently conditional on his remaining in Dalmatia, but is implicit in the 'vengeance' for his murder exacted by Odovacar in 481. Presumably Italy was to be governed in his name 'until he himself should come', the later arrangement between Theoderic and Zeno (Anonymus Valesianus, 49). (RIC X, p. 204).
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Lot # 582 - Zeno (474-491). AV Tremissis, Constantinople mint. Obv. D N ZENO PERP AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust. Rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTORV[M]. Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; in exergue, CONOB. RIC X 914; Depeyrot 108/4. AV. 1.56 g. 15 mm. Appealing example with stylized portrait. Slightly wavy flan, minor marks. VF.

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