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C VALES(sic) HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Prince, in military attire, standing to left, holding baton in right hand and spear in left. RIC IV 181a (Trajan Decius-misdescribed) var. (obv. legend); Calicó 3318 (misdescribed) var. (obv. legend); Biaggi 1406 (same dies). 4.01gr, 19mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine. Extremely rare with this obverse legend.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERTAS AVGG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre. RIC IV 148; Calicó 3360; Biaggi 1419. 5.86gr, 21mm, 8h.

Extremely Fine. Very rare.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERALITAS AVGG, Liberalitas standing to left, holding tessera and cornucopia. RIC V.1 43; Biaggi 1439; Calicó 3425. 2.27gr, 18mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / IOVI CRESCENTI, young Jupiter riding on goat to right and raising hand. RIC V.1 13 (Rome); MIR 860b; RSC 29 var. (bust type). 3.26gr, 21mm, 7h.

Very Fine. Toned.

Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

GALLIENVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars, draped, standing to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left. RIC V.1 90e; Göbl 406l. 2.70gr, 20mm, 11h.

Near Extremely Fine. Exceptionally Rare; no others on CoinArchives, thus the first to come to auction in at least 20 years.

Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.

IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / APOLLINI CONS AVG, griffin walking to left; Δ in exergue. RIC V.1 165 (sole reign); MIR 718z; RSC 77. 3.14gr, 20mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 983. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MINERVA AVG, Minerva standing to right, holding shield and spear; palm in exergue. RIC V 651; MIR 36, 1634d; RSC 632. 3.41gr, 21mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.

From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.33.

CORN SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust of Salonina to right, on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, Gallienus standing tp right, clasping hands with Salonina, standing to left. RIC 63; Göbl 1706. 4.16gr, 21mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS II P P, emperor in military attire standing to left, holding globe and spear. RIC V.2 54 (Lugdunum). 3.53gr, 21mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). 4.68gr, 21mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); RSC 377a (Lugdunum). 2.86gr, 21mm, 12h.

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, 21mm, 8h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.