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Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Antioch mint; struck AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 29c; RSC 113a. 3.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan Decius AE Double Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Rome mint; struck circa AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, drapery over far shoulder / FELICITAS SAECVLI, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC IV 115a; Banti 9. 31.16gr, 35mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.
Ex David Miller, 1970s. From a London, UK, collection. -
Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Rome mint; struck AD 249. IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRAI AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DACIA, Dacia standing to left, holding staff topped with head of ass; S C across fields. RIC IV 101b; Cohen 22. 15.41gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Tooled.
Ex David Miller, Hampstead, UK. -
Trebonianus Gallus BI Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing to left, raising both hands. RIC IV 41. 2.75gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Antioch mint. IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; pellet beneath bust / PAX AVGVS, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; [pellet?] in exergue. Cf. RIC IV 86. 3.43gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE As. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 231. IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG, laureate head to right, light drapery on far shoulder / PROFECTIO AVGVSTI, the Emperor on horseback to left, raising his right hand and holding spear with his left; S C in exergue. RIC IV 595b; Cohen 490 var.; BMCRE 751. 11.28gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum mint; struck mid-late AD 252. IMP C C VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding spear and resting left hand on grounded shield. RIC IV 206; RSC 133. 4.75gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 179; RSC 70. 3.64gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Samosata mint; struck AD 255-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOTA ORBIS, two Victories affixing shield inscribed S C on palm tree. RIC V.1 294 (Antioch) var. (bust type); MIR 1682e; RSC 280 var. (bust type). 3.60gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 256-258.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 256. VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter riding goat to right. RIC V.1 3 (Lugdunum); MIR 907e. 2.99gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing, head to left, extending right arm and holding globe with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 611 (sole reign) var. (bust type); MIR 1663i; RSC 989. 3.91gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 258. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LEG I MIN VI P VI F, Minerva standing to left, holding Victory, spear and shield. RIC V.1 322 (joint reign); MIR 988n; RSC 459a. 3.98gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.