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Lot # 682 - Arcadius (383-408). AV Solidus, Mediolanum mint, 395-402. Obv. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG. Arcadius standing right with leaf foot on bound captive, holding labarum and crowning Victory on globe; across field, M-D; in exergue, COMOB. RIC X 1205; Depeyrot 16/1. AV. 4.5 g. 21.5 mm. Brilliant and superb, with bright fields. EF.

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Lot # 683 - Honorius (393-423). AV Solidus, Mediolanum mint. 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 Mediolanum 35c; RIC X 1206; Depeyrot 16/2. AV. 4.3 g. 22 mm. Brilliant and choice. Minting flaws. EF.

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Lot # 684 - Honorius (393-423). AV Solidus, Ravenna mint, 402-406. 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 crowning Victory on globe; across field, R-V; in exergue, COMOB. RIC X 1287; Depeyrot 7/1; Ranieri 11. AV. 4.47 g. 21 mm. Scarce. Choice example, with delicate tone. EF.

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Lot # 685 - Honorius (393-423). AV Solidus, Ravenna mint, 402-406. 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 crowning Victory on globe; across field, R-V; in exergue, COMOB. RIC X 1287; Depeyrot 7/1; Ranieri 11. AV. 4.43 g. 21 mm. Scarce. Superb example, with bright fields. Good EF.

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Lot # 686 - Valentinian III (425-455). AV Solidus, Mediolanum mint, 430-440. Obv. DN PLA VALENTINIANVS PF AVG. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG. Valentinian standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globe, foot placed on human-headed coiled serpent; in field, M-D; in exergue, COMOB. RIC X 2025; Depeyrot 20/2. AV. 4.41 g. 22 mm. R. Rare and good example. Metal flaw on obverse, nick on edge. EF.

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Lot # 687 - Valentinian III (425-455). AV Tremissis, Ravenna (or Rome) mint, 440-455. Obv. DN PLA VALENTINANVS P F AV. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Latin cross pattée within wreath with central jewel; in exergue, COMOB. RIC X 2071 (Rome and/or Ravenna); Ranieri 105-107; Depeyrot 47/8 (Rome); Lacam 37 (Rome). AV. 1.45 g. 14.5 mm. RR. Very rare and choice, with a peculiar portrait style. Minor metal flaws on reverse. Good VF/EF.

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Lot # 688 - Leo I (457-474). AV Solidus, Constantinople mint. 1st officina. Struck 462 or 466. Obv. DN LEO PERPET AVG. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGGA. Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; in exergue, CONOB. RIC X 605. AV. 4.48 g. 21 mm. Scarce. Superb example of this scarce issue. Sharply struck from fresh dies. Good EF.

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Lot # 689 - Leo I (457-474). AV Solidus, Constantinople mint. 5th officina. Struck 462 or 466. Obv. DN LEO PERPET AVG. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGGΕ. Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; in exergue, CONOB. RIC X 605. AV. 4.48 g. 21 mm. Scarce. Brilliant and choice, light tone with bright fields. Good EF.

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Lot # 690 - Majorian (457- 461). AV Tremissis, Ravenna mint. Obv. D N IVL MAIORIAN[VS 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. 1.35 g. 13 mm. RR. Very rare and good. Chipped, otherwise. VF/Good VF. Ex Nomos, Obolos 3, 2015, 390. 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 # 691 - Majorian (457-461). AE Nummus. Ravenna mint. Obv. DN MAIORANE P T AVG AVPearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTORI-A AVGGG. Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; in exergue, RV. RIC X 2618 (R4). AE. 2.27 g. 13.5 mm. RRR. Extremely rare and in excellent conditions. Green patina. Good VF.

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Lot # 692 - Libius Severus (Severus III (461-465)). AR Half Siliqua, Rome mint. Obv. D N LIB SEVERVS P F AVG. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Chi-rho within wreath; in exergue, RM. RIC X 2712; C. 16; Morello 1. AE. 0.94 g. 12 mm. RR. Very rare, with pleasant tone and minor deposits. Peripheral areas of weak strike, otherwise. about EF.

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