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Valerian II (or Saloninus), as Caesar, Æ Medallion. Rome or Viminacium, AD 256-260. SPES PVBLICA, draped bust to right / SALVS VRBIS, she-wolf standing to left, head reverted, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Gnecchi p. 61, 6 (this medallion - Saloninus); Göbl 866 (this medallion). 18.07g, 34mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Unique and of significant numismatic interest.
This medallion published in N. M. McQ. Holmes, Were 'Non-Local' Medallions of the Valerianic Dynasty struck at the Mint of Viminacium?, Numismatic Chronicle 177 (London, 2017);
This medallion published in N. M. McQ. Holmes, Two Medallions of the Valerianic Dynasty, in XIII Congreso Internacional de Numismatica 2003 (Madrid, 2005);
This medallion published in R. Göbl, Moneta Imperii Romani 36, 43, 44 (Vienna, 2000);
This medallion published in F. Gnecchi, I Medaglioni Romani (Milan, 1912);
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 76, 5 November 2020, lot 1157;
Ex Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company Collection, Christie, Manson & Woods, Sale of the Collection of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, 30 May 1949, lot 363;
Ex Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC, FRS Collection;
Reportedly (but probably erroneously) ex Vatican Museums Collection, before 1797.
This intriguing medallion was part of the highly important collection of Roman Brass Coins and Medallions originally formed in the mid-eighteenth century by the second Marquis of Rockingham (1730-1782), who twice held the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain, and sold by order of The Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company in 1949. For further information on the formation of the collection see R.J. Hopper, 'The Second Marquis of Rockingham, Coin Collector', Antiquaries Journal 62 (1982), 316-46. Many of the coins are reported to have come from the collections of the Museo dei Padri Corsini, acquired in Italy in 1748, and of the Abbé Visconti, President of the Society of Antiquaries in Rome, purchased about 1774. Of this particular medallion Gnecchi, writing in 1912, noted: 'formerly in the Vatican museum, not present after 1797', and reproduced an image of a contemporary cast from the Vatican, but this in fact seems unlikely. For a more detailed investigation of the provenance of this medallion and of the identity of the bust depiction, see N. M. McQ. Holmes, 'Two Medallions of the Valerianic Dynasty', as detailed above.
Roma Numismatics Ltd has pdf versions of the abovementioned articles by Holmes, which can be forwarded on request.
Very Fine. Unique and of significant numismatic interest.
This medallion published in N. M. McQ. Holmes, Were 'Non-Local' Medallions of the Valerianic Dynasty struck at the Mint of Viminacium?, Numismatic Chronicle 177 (London, 2017);
This medallion published in N. M. McQ. Holmes, Two Medallions of the Valerianic Dynasty, in XIII Congreso Internacional de Numismatica 2003 (Madrid, 2005);
This medallion published in R. Göbl, Moneta Imperii Romani 36, 43, 44 (Vienna, 2000);
This medallion published in F. Gnecchi, I Medaglioni Romani (Milan, 1912);
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 76, 5 November 2020, lot 1157;
Ex Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company Collection, Christie, Manson & Woods, Sale of the Collection of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, 30 May 1949, lot 363;
Ex Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC, FRS Collection;
Reportedly (but probably erroneously) ex Vatican Museums Collection, before 1797.
This intriguing medallion was part of the highly important collection of Roman Brass Coins and Medallions originally formed in the mid-eighteenth century by the second Marquis of Rockingham (1730-1782), who twice held the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain, and sold by order of The Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company in 1949. For further information on the formation of the collection see R.J. Hopper, 'The Second Marquis of Rockingham, Coin Collector', Antiquaries Journal 62 (1982), 316-46. Many of the coins are reported to have come from the collections of the Museo dei Padri Corsini, acquired in Italy in 1748, and of the Abbé Visconti, President of the Society of Antiquaries in Rome, purchased about 1774. Of this particular medallion Gnecchi, writing in 1912, noted: 'formerly in the Vatican museum, not present after 1797', and reproduced an image of a contemporary cast from the Vatican, but this in fact seems unlikely. For a more detailed investigation of the provenance of this medallion and of the identity of the bust depiction, see N. M. McQ. Holmes, 'Two Medallions of the Valerianic Dynasty', as detailed above.
Roma Numismatics Ltd has pdf versions of the abovementioned articles by Holmes, which can be forwarded on request.