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IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter advancing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. RIC V.2 72 (Lugdunum); RSC 155a corr. (rev. type). 3.40gr, 22mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 3.31gr, 22mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

IMP C PO[...]MVS P F A[...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Illegible inscription, standing figure to left, holding sceptre and uncertain object; pellet in exergue. 2.10gr, 23mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

[IMP?] M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ꟼ-ΛM[...]-O, galley to left with helmsman and five oarsmen above waves and branch to left, M[...] below. Cf. RIC V.4 93; cf. CGE 124; cf. Bastien, Postume 87 and 364; cf. Banti 26. 9.03gr, 25mm, 11h.

Very Fine. Very interesting barbarian imitation.

Private collection, France. Private European collection.

IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club set on ground with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC 213; Cohen 137; RIC V online 1022. 3.32gr, 23mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.

IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA PE AVG, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; ς in right field. 2.21gr, 21mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right and raising robe with her left hand; P in exergue. RIC V.1, 168; MER-RIC 26 (temporary). 3.91gr, 20mm, 5h.

Extremely Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONSER AVG, Serapis standing to left, raising hand and holding sceptre; Γ in exergue. RIC V.1 201; MER-RIC 1021 (temporary). 3.00gr, 20mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.

IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC V 213; RIC V online 1022; Cohen 136. 3.10gr, 20mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Toned.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

[DIVO CLAVDI]O, radiate head to right / [CO]NSECRATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 1.47gr, 15mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

DIVO CLAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, lit altar with four panels on face, each with pellet; T below. RIC V 261. 3.55gr, 19mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES • E[QVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and signum; P in exergue. RIC V.2 378 (Postumus). 2.14gr, 19mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.