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  • Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600

    Carved with soft facial features and carefully executed cosmetic lines around the eye, earring, and carefully detailed duplex wig with gently wavy curls; likely from the Ramesside Period; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,200

    Modelled in the round with a muscular nude body, his club resting on his shoulder and the hair dressed in rows of tight, close-set curls underneath the Nemean lionskin hood with cloak billowing over his left arm, the paws tied across his chest; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £17,550

    Carved head of a prepubescent worshipper of Isis, with soft facial features, long nose, small downturned mouth, heavy-lidded eyes, the whole giving the face a sombre or mournful appearance; the hair textured to indicate a short cut and combed forward across the scalp, sidelock above the right ear; mounted on a 16th century carved breccia upper body with leather cuirass and pteruges to right shoulder, cloak draped across the shoulders and fastened at the clavicle on the right side with a disc-brooch; socle base; some restoration.





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  • Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39,000

    Modelled in the round and originally part of a monumental statue, the naturalistic right foot encased in a trochades leather sandal with median reversed tongue secured with side straps and thick looped laces; the thick platform sole slightly curved, toes and nails well defined; mounted on a substantial custom-made display stand.





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  • Life-Size Roman Marble Sleeping Girl from a Sarcophagus Lid
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    Life-Size Roman Marble Sleeping Girl from a Sarcophagus Lid

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800

    Modelled in the half-round, nude with eyelids half-closed in sleep; a drapery partly covering the head and wrapping around the lower body under the hips; the hairstyle similar to those of the Antonine Dynasty, the peaceful face supported by the hands and the ear pierced to accept an earring; iron reinforcing rod to the feet and the right arm's armilla a later replacement; upper head restored in Parian marble.





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  • Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600

    An imposing panel divided to four sections by a central cross on a stepped pedestal, the lower and upper arm with branch-like extensions; the upper quadrants with a circlet surrounding a palm tree-shaped motif; each lower quadrant with a bird in profile facing back; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900

    Carved skull on a short neck with musculature and blood vessels; mandible in place with some teeth in sockets, wisps of hair adhering to the dome of the skull; one zygomatic bone partly absent; square-section socle base.





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  • The Kelton Gandharan Head of a Bodhisattva
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    'The Kelton' Gandharan Head of a Bodhisattva

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £24,700

    Carved in the half-round head of a Bodhisattva (probably Maitreya) with fine detailing to the arched brow, aquiline nose, neat moustache and full lips; the eyes heavily lidded, urna to the forehead, long open lobes to the ears; the hair in multi-stranded curling locks gathered into an ushnisha with brow-band below; heavily cleaned, conserved, and mounted on a custom-made stand; supplied with original old wooden base with collector's label: 'Head of Bodhisattva / Fine grain schist / Gandhara, Northwest Pakistan / 4th century'.





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  • Victorinus BI Hybrid Antoninianus.
    Victorinus' Hybrid Antoninianus
    Victorinus BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £221

    Uncertain mint. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. For reverse cf. RIC V.2 309 (Treveri for Postumus). 3.13gr, 21mm, 1h

    Very Fine. Hybrid with reverse of Postumus.

    Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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  • Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Hybrid Antoninianus.
    An Interesting Hybrid of Victorinus
    Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Unofficial issue(?). Uncertain mint. [...]P C VICTORINVS O F(sic) AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PA[...], Mars, helmeted, walking to left, holding olive-branch, spear and shield. For reverse cf. Göbl 1033r (Rome for Gallienus). 2.07gr, 19mm, 1h

    Good Very Fine. Hybrid combining an obverse of Victorinus with a reverse of Gallienus.

    Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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  • Aurelian BI Antoninianus.
    From Hoard at Viminacium
    Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

    Ticinum mint; struck AD 274. 1st officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, foot on captive, raising hand and holding globe, another captive to right; star in left field, PXXT in exergue. RIC V.1 151; MER-RIC 1529 (temporary). 3.85gr, 22mm, 6h

    Near Mint State. Flan crack at 7h.

    From a hoard at Viminacium; Acquired from Mark Maillard, Holiday Inn Coin Fair, 25 May 2002 (old collector's ticket included); Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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  • Aurelian BI Antoninianus.
    Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

    Ticinum mint; struck AD 274-275. 3rd officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PRO-VIDEN D-EOR, Fides standing to right, holding two signa, facing Sol, radiate, standing to left, raising his right hand and holding globe with his left; TXXT in exergue. RIC V 152; MER-RIC 1550 (temporary). 3.68gr, 23mm, 6h

    Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Much silvering remaining.

    From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

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  • Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus.
    Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

    Antioch mint; struck circa AD 270-272. 7th officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Z below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3110. 2.77gr, 20mm, 12h

    Near Extremely Fine.

    From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

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  • Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus.
    Very Rare Officina
    Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

    Ticinum mint; struck AD 275. 5th officina. SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding two standards; VXXT in exergue. RIC V.1 8; MER-RIC-. 3.64gr, 22mm, 12h

    Near Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining. Very Rare; only five examples on CoinArchives.

    From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

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  • Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus.
    Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

    Rome mint; struck AD 275. 1st officina. SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia standing to left, holding two standards; A in right field, XXIR in exergue. RIC V.1 4; MER-RIC 1813 (temporary). 3.53gr, 26mm, 5h

    Very Fine.

    Property of a North London, UK, collector.

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  • Tetricus I BI Antoninianus.
    Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

    Local imitation. [I]MP C TETRICV[...], radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVG, pontifical implements. Cf. Cunetio 3003; cf. Normanby 1967. 2.48gr, 17mm, 2h

    Very Fine - Good Very Fine.

    From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

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  • Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Brockage Antoninianus.
    Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Brockage Antoninianus. AD 271-274.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

    Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 272-273. [IMP C TETRICV]S P F AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / COMES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 56; Cohen 17. 2.79gr, 17mm, 6h

    Good Very Fine. Partially reverse brockage.

    Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

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  • Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.
    Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Mars standing to left, holding spear and shield. RIC V.2 148. 4.41gr, 23mm, 7h

    Good Very Fine.

    Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.

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  • Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus.
    Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

    Treveri mint; struck AD 273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES AVGG, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 270. 2.41gr, 20mm, 5h

    Good Very Fine.

    From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

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  • Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.
    Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

    Colonia Agrippinensis; struck AD 271-272. IMP TETRICVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. RIC V.1 71; RIC V.4 708; Elmer 783; AGK 3g. 1.71gr, 19mm, 6h

    Extremely Fine.

    Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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