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LOT 3172
Group of Six [6] BI Roman Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Various types of Gallienus (AD 253-268). Very Fine to Good Very Fine.(22.41gr total.). [6]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Divus Valerian II AR Antoninianus. Died AD 258.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint. Consecration issue. DIVO CAES VALERIANO, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / CONSECRATIO, lighted altar. RIC V 24; MIR 36, 261k; RSC 13. 2.65gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Mercury standing facing, head to left, holding purse and caduceus. RIC IV 142b (Decius); RSC 11. 2.88gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Rome, mint; struck AD 77-78. CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / CE-RES AVGVST, Ceres standing to left, holding two grain ears and poppy in right hand, sceptre in left. RIC I 968; RSC 54. 3.44gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 453 (wrongly attributed as Titus), dealer's ticket included.
