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IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P P P, Emperor with lance between two standards. RIC 1. 3.04gr, 22mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne. RIC 14; Cohen 85. 3.47gr, 21mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex Austran art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.28gr, 21mm, 12h.

Fleur De Coin.

Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 233, 6 October 2015, lot 2470. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 487. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in raised hand and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 12; BMCRE 68-71; RSC 31a. 3.38gr, 21mm, 6h.

Fleur De Coin. Highly lustrous, mirror-like surfaces.

Ex Solidus Numismatik, Online Auction 7, 15 November 2015, lot 289. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 486. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing to left with wreath and anchor. RIC IV 86; RSC 121. 3.97gr, 23mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, emperor standing to right, holding spear and globe. For Silver Antoninianus: RIC IV 92; RSC 253. 3.69gr, 23mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Limes Falsum or a result of the time; crisis and decline.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EXERCITVS, four military standards; S C in exergue. RIC 171a; Cohen 51. 17.27gr, 29mm, 1h.

Good Fine.

From a UK private collection.

HER ETRVSCILLA A[VG], diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing to left, drawing veil and holding sceptre. RIC IV 58b (Decius); RSC 17. 2.50gr, 23mm, 11h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 1056. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, emperors, both holding sceptre and patera, facing each other, sacrificing at altar; star above. RIC V.1 285 var. (bust; Antioch); MIR 1699q; RSC 152 var. (same). 3.27gr, 21mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1155. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP C LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two signa. RIC V.1 - (unrecorded obverse legend); RSC - (same). 2.72gr, 22mm, 11h.

Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare. Apparently unpublished obverse legend variety and possibly unique.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 87; MIR 73c; RSC 53. 3.20gr, 20mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

From a UK private collection.

IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, the two Emperors standing facing each other, one holding spear and globe, the other holding Victory and spear. RIC V.1 293 (Asia); MIR-1687e; RSC-276. 3.67gr, 23mm, 5h.

Good Very Fine.

From a UK private collection.