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Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction 99Auction date: 4 May 2016
Lot number: 437

Lot description:


THE ALFRED FRANKLIN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN SILVER AND BRONZE COINS, Valentinian I (AD 364-375), Silver Miliarense, mint of Constantinople, struck AD 367-375, D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev VICTORIA D N AVG, emperor standing left, wearing military attire, holding a labarum and Victory on a globe, his left foot rests on a captive kneeling left, behind him a female captive seated right, head turned left, *CONS and wreath in exergue, 4.43g, 6h (RIC 32, this coin mentioned and illustrated on pl. XII; Mazzini V, 225, prima 53 and pl. LX, this coin). Good very fine, toned, extremely rare, possibly unique.
ex Ing G Mazzini collection
ex The New York Sale XXX, Baldwin / Markov / M&M, 9 January 2013, lot 321
Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated

Estimate: £2500-3000