Roman Imperial Coins

Lot # 766 - CONSTANTIUS II (337-361). Siliqua. Constantinople. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX / C•A. Legend in four lines within wreath.RIC 102. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 2.83 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 767 - CONSTANTIUS II (337-361). Siliqua. Lugdunum. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VICTORIA DD NN AVG / LVG. Victoria advancing left with palm and wreath.RIC 210. Condition: Extremely fine, cleaning marks.Weight: 1.38 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 768 - CONSTANTIUS II (337-361). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A behind.Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO / A / •ЄSIS•. Soldier standing left, spearing fallen horseman.RIC 253. Condition: Uncirculated.Weight: 4.99 g. Diameter: 24 mm.Estimate: € 75

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Lot # 769 - CONSTANTIUS II (337-361). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A behind.Rev: HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS / A / BSIS (star). Constantius standing left, holding labarum and spear; to right, crowning Victory standing left.RIC 278. Condition: Uncirculated.Weight: 6.54 g. Diameter: 24 mm.Estimate: € 75

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Lot # 770 - CONSTANTIUS II (337-361). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM / A / [...]SIS•. Constantius standing left, holding labarum in each hand; star above.RIC 284. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 5.19 g. Diameter: 23 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 771 - CONSTANTIUS II (337-361). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS / A / •ΔSIS•. Constantius standing left, holding labarum and spear; to right, crowning Victory standing left.RIC 286. Condition: Uncirculated.Weight: 5.61 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 772 - CONSTANTIUS II (337-361). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM / A / •ЄSIS(star). Constantius standing left, holding labarum in each hand; star above.RIC 289. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 4.26 g. Diameter: 23 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 773 - CONSTANTIUS II (337-361). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left.Rev: HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS / III / BSIS (crescent). Constantius standing left, holding labarum and spear; to right, crowning Victory standing left.RIC 304. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 5.03 g. Diameter: 23 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 774 - CONSTANTIUS GALLUS (Caesar, 351-354). Siliqua. Siscia. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VICTORIA CAESARIS / SIS. Victory advancing left, holding wreath and trophy.RIC -, cf. 299 note; RSC -; Cohen 45.Extremely rareWith the famous Battle of Mursa in 351 Constantius II inflicted a severe defeat on Magnentius, who two years later killed himself along with his brother Decentius, caesar of the West. This marked the beginning of a united kingdom for the winner, who at that point needed a caesar with a view to dynastic succession. Constantius appointed his cousin Constantius Gallus, who married Constantina, sister of the emperor and widow of Hanniballianus. Constantius Gallus was an able general who had brought down several Persian revolts. He had made himself hated not so much for his despotic ways as for his pro-poor monetary policy, in contrast to that initiated by Constantine and continued by Constantius II in favor of gold coinage and the wealthier classes. This led to his eventual assassination by a conspiracy of the Antioch aristocracy and his 'damnatio memoriae'. In his place in 355 Constantius II appointed Julian, who was destined to become emperor with the appellation “Apostate”. Condition: Near uncirculated.Weight: 3.17 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 2000

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Lot # 775 - MAGNENTIUS (350-353). Ae. Lugdunum(?). Obv: D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG. Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left.Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM / [...]. Magnentius on horse rearing right, spearing fallen enemy to lower right.Cf. RIC 115. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 4.42 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 776 - MAGNENTIUS (350-353). Ae. Rome. Obv: D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG. Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; Γ to left.Rev: VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES / (star) / RP. Two Victories standing facing one another, holding wreath inscribed VOT/V/MVLT/X in four lines.RIC 218. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.36 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 60

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Lot # 777 - MAGNENTIUS (350-353). Ae. Treveri. Obv: IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG. Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: FELICITAS REIPVBLICE / A / TRP. Magnentius standing left, holding crowning Victory on globus and labarum.RIC 264. Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 5.74 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 778 - MAGNENTIUS (350-353). Ae. Treveri. Obv: D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG. Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES / TRS. Large Chi-Rho; A - ω across field.RIC 318. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 6.48 g. Diameter: 24 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 779 - DECENTIUS (Caesar, 350/1-353). Ae. Lugdunum. Obv: D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE / star / SV / RSLG. Two Victories standing facing one another, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X.RIC 134. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 5.15 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 780 - VETRANIO (350). Siliqua. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM / SIS. Victory advancing left, holding wreath and trophy.RIC 267.Vetranio was a valiant soldier of humble origins who served under Constantine I and became magister militum under Constans I, proving himself an experienced officer. When the usurper Magnentius killed Constantus in 350, Constantina, sister of Constantius II and Constantus I, asked Vetranio to proclaim himself augustus to protect his family, as the Danubian troops would be more loyal to him than to an emperor in the far East. He was proclaimed augustus at Sirmium in March 350. Constantius, who was involved against the Sasanids, accepted him as a colleague, sending him a diadem and money and putting him in command of Danubian troops to fight Magnentius. Vetranio was initially loyal to Constantius, but then their relationship broke down and he decided to ally himself with Magnentius. The two sent a peace proposal, demanding the marriages of Magnentius to Constantina and Constantius to Magnentius' daughter, but Constantius refused. Vetranio then met with the latter first at Serdica, then at Naissus, where he was deposed on December 25, 350. Constantius managed to get the troops to acclaim him emperor and stripped Vetranio of his purple, but rewarded him with an estate at Prusa in Bithynia, where, however, he committed suicide in 356. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 3.37 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 2500

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Lot # 781 - VETRANIO (350). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left.Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM / A / •ΔSIS (star). Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding labarum in each hand; star above.RIC 281. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 5.25 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 180

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Lot # 782 - VETRANIO (350). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left.Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM / A / •ЄSIS (star). Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding labarum in each hand; star above.RIC 281. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 4.46 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 783 - VETRANIO (350). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM / A / •ASIS•. Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding labarum decorated with phalerae in each hand; star above.RIC 285. Condition: Uncirculated.Weight: 4.53 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 200

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Lot # 784 - VETRANIO (350). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM / A / •ЄSIS•. Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding labarum decorated with phalerae in each hand; star above.RIC 285. Condition: Uncirculated.Weight: 5.18 g. Diameter: 23 mm.Estimate: € 125

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Lot # 785 - VETRANIO (350). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM / A / •ЄSIS•. Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding labarum decorated with phalerae in each hand; star above.RIC 285. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.97 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 786 - VETRANIO (350). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS / A / •BSIS•. Vetranio standing left, holding labarum and spear; to right, crowning Victory standing left.RIC 287. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 5.08 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 150

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Lot # 787 - VETRANIO (350). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS / A / •ΓSIS•. Vetranio standing left, holding labarum and spear; to right, crowning Victory standing left.RIC 287. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.21 g. Diameter: 22 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 788 - VETRANIO (350). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VETRANIO P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right.Rev: HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS / A / •BSIS•. Vetranio standing left, holding labarum and spear; to right, crowning Victory standing left.RIC 287. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 4.92 g. Diameter: 24 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 789 - JULIAN II APOSTATA (360-363). Follis. Thessalonica. Obv: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear.Rev: VOT X MVLT XX / (palm) TESA (palm). Legend in four lines within wreath.RIC 227. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 3.14 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 790 - JULIAN II APOSTATA (360-363). Siliqua. Arelate. Obv: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT / X / MVLT / XX / [...]CONST. Legend in four lines within wreath, with eagle in central medallion.RIC 309. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 2.31 g. Diameter: 16 mm.Estimate: € 500

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Lot # 791 - JULIAN II APOSTATA (360-363). Siliqua. Arelate. Obv: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT / X / MVLT / X X / PCONST. Legend in four lines within wreath, with eagle in central medallion.RIC 309. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.99 g. Diameter: 16 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 792 - JOVIAN (363-364). Ae. Sirmium. Obv: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT / V / MVLT / X / ASIRM. Legend in four lines within wreath.RIC 118. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 3.35 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Ex Busso 2017

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Lot # 793 - JOVIAN (363-364). Siliqua. Constantinople. Obv: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT / V / MVL / X // CP•Γ. Legend in four lines within wreath.RIC 173.Ex Dr. Busso Peus E-4 (2017), lot 304 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 2.10 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 794 - JOVIAN (363-364). GOLD Solidus. Antioch. Obv: D N IOVIANVS PEP AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE / ANTЄ. Roma and Constantinopolis, with foot on prow, seated facing one another on double throne, holding sceptres and between them a shield inscribed VOT / V / MVL / X in four lines.RIC 223; Depeyrot 18/2.Jovian was the son of Varronianus, born in Singidunum in 331, and served as 'protector domesticus' first under Constantius II and then under Julian II. Upon Julian’s death, he was proclaimed Augustus. He was immediately forced to negotiate with the Persians because the army was exhausted and starving from the long war and eager to return home. Shapur II, realizing the Romans’ difficult situation, took advantage of it to secure the territories conquered by Diocletian beyond the Tigris River. Jovian accepted the unfair terms of peace and signed an unfavorable treaty, forced to abandon important territories and the Christian fortress of Nisibis. After that, Jovian reaffirmed the supremacy of Christianity over paganism, perhaps even prohibiting certain sacrifices and ordering the closure of temples. His ambitious goal was the religious reunification of the empire. But during his return journey to Rome, he died under mysterious circumstances, likely from intoxication or poisoning. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles of Constantinople and was granted the 'consecratio'. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.36 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 1000

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Lot # 795 - JOVIAN (363-364). Ae. Thessalonica. Obv: D N IOVIANVS P F P P AVG. Laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VICTORIA ROMANORVM / TESΓ. Jovian standing facing, head right, holding labarum and victoriola.RIC 235. Condition: Good very fine; cleaning marks.Weight: 8.54 g. Diameter: 27 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 796 - JOVIAN (363-364). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT / V / MVLT / X / ASISC. Legend in four lines within wreath.RIC 426. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 3.27 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Ex Naumann 2014

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Lot # 797 - VALENTINIAN I (364-375). GOLD Solidus. Antioch. Obv: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE / •ANTΓ. Valentinian standing facing, head right, holding labarum with cross on banner and victoriola.RIC 2b.xi var. (sign on banner and officina); Depeyrot 26/1.Ex Numismatik Naumann 21 (2014), lot 874 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.42 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 500

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Lot # 798 - VALENTINIAN I (364-375). Siliqua. Lugdunum. Obv: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: RESTITVTOR REIP / SLVG. Emperor standing facing, holding labarum and Victory on globe; hook and cross on staff.RIC 6d. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 1.72 g. Diameter: 17 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 799 - VALENS (364-378). GOLD Solidus. Nicomedia. Obv: D N VALENS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE / SMNI. Valens standing facing, head right, holding labarum and victoriola.RIC 2c var. (mintmark); Depeyrot 10/2. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 4.32 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 500

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Lot # 800 - VALENS (364-378). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N VALENS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM / •BSISC. Emperor, with head left, advancing right, holding labarum and dragging captive.RIC 5b.ii. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 2.38 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 801 - VALENS (364-378). Siliqua. Constantinople. Obv: D N VALENS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT / V / C•Γ. Legend in two lines within wreath.RIC 13d.9. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 1.49 g. Diameter: 17 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 802 - VALENS (364-378). Siliqua. Constantinople. Obv: D N VALENS P F AVG. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT / V / (star) C•Γ. Legend in two lines within wreath.RIC 13j var. (unlisted officina). Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 1.85 g. Diameter: 19 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Ex Savoca 2017

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Lot # 803 - VALENS (364-378). GOLD Solidus. Antioch. Obv: D N VALENS PER F AVG. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM / ANOBA. Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding sceptre in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/X/MVL/XX in four lines; Christogram above.RIC 16d.1; Depeyrot 38/3.Ex Savoca Numismatik 2nd premium auction (2017), lot 86. Flavius Julius Valens was the younger brother of Valentinian I. After serving as protector domesticus (personal guard) of Julian II and Jovian, he immediately became emperor of the East in 364 thanks to his brother who was already Augustus of the West, although the two differed in faith. Valens in fact was an Arian, while Valentinian was a Nicene Christian. The first problem was presented by the usurper Procopius, comes of Antioch, who proclaimed himself Augustus of the East in 365. Valens defeated him, sentenced him to death and struck with damnatio memoriae. He later faced the Visigoths and a second conspiracy, hatched by Theodore of Antioch. In 374 Valens celebrated the decennalia and became Maximus Augustus in 375 on the death of his brother, after which he organized an expedition against the Persians that proved unsuccessful, forcing him to sign an unfavorable peace. Another problem was the confluence of Ostrogoths and Visigoths into Roman territory across the Danube because of the advance of the Huns. The Romans were forced to accept them, but this integration was not easy; the Visigoths felt oppressed and exploited as a labor-power, resulting in an insurrection. Valens, considered a general of little ability by his contemporaries, was thus induced to recruit Goth mercenaries, with the risk that they would end up allied with his enemies. In fact, a large contingent of Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Huns, and Alamanni joined forces to fight the Romans and achieved a decisive victory at Hadrianopolis (Thrace) in 378. The tremendous defeat was caused by Gratian, who was meanwhile on the Western throne and did not arrive in time with his troops. Valens died in the battle but the Goths failed to conquer Constantinople. According to Ambrose, bishop of Mediolanum, the defeat at Hadrianopolis heralded the fall of the empire and the end of the world. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 4.47 g. Diameter: 21 mm.Estimate: € 500

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Lot # 804 - VALENS (364-378). Siliqua. Treveri. Obv: D N VALENS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VRBS ROMA / TRPS•. Roma seated left on throne, holding victoriola and sceptre.RIC 27e.1. Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 1.70 g. Diameter: 17 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 805 - VALENS (364-378). Siliqua. Treveri. Obv: D N VALENS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VRBS ROMA / TRPS•. Roma seated left on throne, holding victoriola and sceptre.RIC 27e.1. Condition: Near very fine.Weight: 1.46 g. Diameter: 16 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 806 - VALENS (364-378). Siliqua. Antioch. Obv: D N VALENS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT / X / MVLT / XX / •ANT. Legend in four lines within wreath.RIC 34b.2. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.67 g. Diameter: 18 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Ex Solidus 2018

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Lot # 807 - GRATIAN (367-383). GOLD Solidus. Sirmium. Obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VICTORIA AVGG / SIROB. Two emperors seated facing on double throne, holding globus between them; behind and between, Victory standing front with outspread wings, palm frond below.RIC 9a; Depeyrot 29/1.Ex Solidus Numismatik 29 (2018), lot 442 Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 4.48 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 500

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Lot # 808 - GRATIAN (367-383). Siliqua. Treveri. Obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VIRTVS ROMANORVM / TRPS. Roma seated facing on throne, head left, holding globus and spear.RIC 58a.1. Condition: Good fine.Weight: 1.18 g. Diameter: 14 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Ex CNG 2006

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Lot # 809 - VALENTINIAN II (375-392). GOLD Solidus. Lugdunum. Obv: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VICTORIA AVGG / L - D / COM. Two emperors seated facing on double throne, holding globus between them; behind and between, Victory standing front with outspread wings, palm frond below.RIC 38a; Depeyrot 17/1.From the Marc Poncin Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group E-146 (2006), lot 286; ex V. Gadoury Monaco (2018), lot 273. Flavius Valentinianus, of Augusta Treverorum (Treveri), son of Justina, ascended the throne when he was only four years old. He was elected augustus in 375 by the soldiers, because they refused to let the sole legions of Germania, who had nominated Valentinian's elder half-brother Gratian, choose the emperor. However young, Valentinian faced complicated situations with his mother and Gratian, such as the usurpation of Magnus Maximus in Britain, which was remedied by Theodosius I, who managed to prevent Valentinian from being attacked by the insurgent's legions. More complicated was the matter of the removal of the Altar of Victory from the Senate of Rome, which represented the city's glorious pagan tradition. Its removal was supported by Gratian, on the advice of charismatic figures such as Mediolanum bishop Ambrose, which led him to confront a group headed by senator Quintus Aurelius Simmachus. As much as Justina and her son were of the Arian faith and close to Simmachus, the altar was nevertheless removed to the great scandal of the court of Rome. When his mother and brother faced such situations, because of his young age Valentinian often remained in the background; moreover, he fell under the spell of a dangerous character: the Frank leader and able warrior Arbogastes, his magister equitum. Soon, however, their relationship became conflictual, partly because of the Altar of Victory, which Arbogaste wanted to see restored. Valentinian was found hanged from a tree in 392 at Vienne in Gaul. Sources disagree on the cause of death, some mentioning suicide, others leaning toward murder by Arbogaste. The emperor was probably the victim of a palace conspiracy, as Arbogaste had led to the elevation of Flavius Eugenius to augustus. The damnatio memoriae documented by some eroded inscriptions may support this hypothesis. His funeral was held in Mediolanum, at the behest of Theodosius I, by Bishop Ambrose, who also wrote a consolatory piece on the young emperor's death for the occasion. Condition: Very fine; ex jewelry.Weight: 4.44 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 500

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Ex Kölner Münzkabinett 2015

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Lot # 810 - VALENTINIAN II (375-392). Siliqua. Treveri. Obv: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VIRTVS ROMANORVM / TRPS. Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and reversed spear.RIC 94a.Ex Kölner Münzkabinett 103 (2015), lot 760 Condition: Near extremely fine.Weight: 1.80 g. Diameter: 17 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Ex Naumann 2014

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Lot # 811 - THEODOSIUS I (379-395). GOLD Solidus. Treveri. Obv: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VICTORIA AVGG / TROBC. Two emperors seated facing on double throne, holding globus between them; behind and between, Victory standing front with outspread wings, palm frond below.RIC 50; Depeyrot 47/4.Ex Numismatik Naumann 24 (2014), lot 701 Condition: Very fine.Weight: 4.43 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 500

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Lot # 812 - THEODOSIUS I (379-395). Siliqua. Constantinople. Obv: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: VOT MVLT XXXX / CONS (star). Legend in three lines in wreath.RIC 389. Condition: Very fine.Weight: 1.46 g. Diameter: 17 mm.Estimate: € 100

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Lot # 813 - AELIA FLACCILLA (Augusta, 379-386/8). Ae. Heraclea. Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG. Diademed and draped bust right.Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE / SMHA. Victory seated right on chair, inscribing Christogram upon shield set upon short column to right.RIC 17.1. Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 1.37 g. Diameter: 15 mm.Estimate: € 50

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Lot # 814 - ARCADIUS (383-408). GOLD Solidus. Constantinople. Obv: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif.Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG Є / CONOB. Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, with foot set upon prow, holding sceptre and victoriola.RIC 7; Depeyrot 55/1.Ex Künker München Stock Condition: Good very fine.Weight: 4.45 g. Diameter: 20 mm.Estimate: € 750

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Ex CNG

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Lot # 815 - ARCADIUS (383-408). Ae. Siscia. Obv: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM / BSISC. Emperor advancing right, dragging captive and holding labarum.RIC IX 38c.2.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Web Shop no. 158108 Condition: Extremely fine.Weight: 2.20 g. Diameter: 16 mm.Estimate: € 50

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