| Portuscalle Numismatica > December 2023 Auction | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 497 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: The Roman Empire Valentinian II. Siscia, AD 378-383. AE Follis 2.40 g. D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / REPARATIO REIPVB, emperor standing to left, holding victory on globe and raising kneeling female figure; ASISC in exergue. RIC IX 26b. XF Starting price: 20 EUR |  |
Match 1:
| Portuscalle Numismatica > December 2023 Auction | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 498 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: The Roman Empire Valentinian II. Siscia, AD 378-383. AE Follis 4.44 g. D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / REPARATIO REIPVB, emperor standing to left, holding victory on globe and raising kneeling female figure; ASISC in exergue. RIC IX 26b. XF Starting price: 20 EUR |  |
Match 2:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 146 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 2422 Price realized: 110,000 CHF (Approx. 121,132 USD / 112,689 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Gratian, 367 – 383. Medallion of 1 ½ solidus, Treveri circa 375-378, AV 26 mm, 6.71 g. D N TGRATIA – NVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. FELIX ADVEN – TVS AVG N The emperor riding l. on horse and saluting with r. hand, his cloak billowing behind him; in exergue, TROBS. C –. Alföldi –. RIC 33b var. (TROBC). Bastien Donativa p. 97 (TROBC). Depeyrot p. 292 EST(TROBC). An apparently unrecorded variety of a type of the highest rarity and one of very few gold medallions of Gratian known. A portrait of excellent style struck on a very large flan and a fine ly detailed reverse die. Good extremely fine Gratian, the eight-year-old son of Valentinian I, was elevated to the rank of Augustus to rule the Western Roman Empire alongside his father on 24 August 367. When his father died in 375, Gratian assumed sole authority. Six days later he was forced to share the imperial title with Valentinian II, his four-year-old half-brother who had been proclaimed by the army campaigning with their father. Officially, the Western Empire was divided between Gratian in Gaul and Britannia and Valentinian II in Italy, Illyricum, and Africa, but in reality, Gratian was the real power throughout. Four-year-olds are not as difficult to control as is sometimes thought. Thanks to the support of Frankish commanders Gratian inflicted a major defeat on the Germanic Lentienses in 378 and forced them to supply soldiers for his army. This success was quickly followed by disaster when Gratian's uncle Valens, who was also the Eastern Roman Emperor, fell in battle against the Ostrogoths at the Battle of Adrianople. Gratian to quickly marched east to deal with the crisis, but the Gothic assault on the Danubian provinces that followed and rumors of an impending invasion by the Alemanni convinced him to appoint Flavius Theodosius (I), the retired dux Moesia Prima (Duke of Upper Moesia) to rule as a new Augustus in the Eastern Empire. Theodosius I proved to be an excellent colleague and within four years he had brought an end to the immediate threat of the Ostrogoths. At the same time, Gratian was losing his former popularity in the Western Empire. His extreme Nicene Christian orthodoxy lost him support in the still strongly pagan Roman Senate. He famously ordered the removal of the old Altar of Victory from the Senate House in 382. Likewise, in Gaul, where he repressed the popular Christian ascetic movement of Priscilian. Gratian increasingly withdrew from public affairs in order to hunt and surrounded himself with a new bodyguard of Scythian archers. His excessive favoritism towards the Scythians alienated the Roman and Germanic elements of the western army, and in 383 provided the excuse for Magnus Maximus to revolt in Britannia. Maximus soon crossed the English Channel with a large army and immediately gained support in Gaul. Gratian was abandoned by his own troops and fled to Lugdunum (Lyon), but he was captured and killed by Andragathius, Maximus' magister equitum (Master of the Cavalry). This beautiful solidus multiple was struck for distribution as a donative to the army on the occasion of Gratian's arrival at Treviri (Trier). Considering the location of the issuing mint at Treviri, an important city from which Roman campaigns along the Rhine frontier were often launched, it seems very likely that it celebrates the arrival of Gratian to personally defend the frontier against the Lentienses. The presence of the emperor contributed to the Roman victory at the Battle of Argentovaria in May 378, which saw the death of Priarius, the king of the Lentienses, and the last time a Roman emperor would fight beyond the limits of the frontier fortifications. Estimate: 60000 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 285 | Auction date: 5 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 130 Price realized: 120 GBP (Approx. 151 USD / 140 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Colkirk Hoard of Late Roman Silver Coins Roman Imperial Coinage, Valentinian II (375-392), Siliqua, Trier, 375-8, d n valentinianvs ivn p f avg, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. victor-ia avggg, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, tr ps in exergue, 1.80g/6h (MC 352, this coin; Hoxne 327; RIC IX p.22, 43; RSC 40+a). Striking crack at 2 o'clock and struck from a worn reverse die, otherwise better than very fine £80-£100 |  |
Match 4:
| Tauler & Fau > Auction 141 | Auction date: 22 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1016 Price realized: 280 EUR (Approx. 298 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Magnus Maximus. Siliqua. 383-388 AD. Trier. (Ric-IX 84b). (Rsc-20a). Anv.: D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right. Rev.: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated to left on throne, holding globe and reversed spear; TRPS in exergue. Ag. 2,01 g. Patina. A good sample. XF. Est...400,00. Spanish description: Magno Máximo. Silicua. 383-388 d.C. Treveri. (Ric-IX 84b). (Rsc-20a). Anv.: D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG. Busto con diadema de perlas, drapeado y con coraza a la derecha. Rev.: VIRTVS ROMANORVM. Roma sedentes a la izquierda en un trono, sosteniendo un globo y una lanza invertida; TRPS en exergo. Ag. 2,01 g. Bonita pátina. Buen ejemplar. EBC. Est...400,00. |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 526 Price realized: 1,600 GBP (Approx. 2,027 USD / 1,866 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Jovinus AR Siliqua. Lugdunum, AD 411-413. D N IOVIN[VS P] F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIC[TOR]IA AVGG, Roma seated to left on curule chair, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; SMLDV in exergue. RIC X 1716; RSC 4†c. 1.56g. NGC graded XF 3/5 - 3/5, lt. scratches (#5770058-004). Acquired from Holding History Inc. Following the defeat of the usurper known as Constantine III, Jovinus was proclaimed emperor at Mainz in 411, a puppet supported by Gundahar, king of the Burgundians, and Goar, king of the Alans. Jovinus kept his position in Gaul for two years, long enough to issue coinage that showed him wearing the imperial diadem. Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
