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LOT 2873
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Postumus - Barbarous Imitation - Galley AE Sestertius 259-268 A.D.
For host coin: Obv: IMP CM CASS LAT POSTVMVS PF AVG legend with draped bust right. Rev: LAETITIA legend above galley sailing right; AVG in exergue. Fine.(8.51 grams, 28 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureA locally made contemporary forgery or imitation, for the host coin: RIC V-II Lyons 143; Sear 11049.
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LOT 2873
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Postumus - Barbarous Imitation - Galley AE Sestertius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Maximinus II - Great Persecution Issue - AE Quarter Nummus 308-313 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Antioch mint. Obv: GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated facing on rock, river-god Orontes swimming facing in front. Rev: APOLLONI-SANCTO, Apollo standing facing, head left, liquors flowing from patera in right hand, lyre in left; Є in right field, SMA in exergue. 1.42 grams, 16 mm.
Good very fine.
Property of a European gentleman. -
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Mixed AE Follis Group [5] 4th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising large bronze folles including those of: Maxentius with Chi-Rho (306-312 A.D.), Licinius (308-324 A.D.), and Gratian (367-283 A.D.). 26.59 grams total, 22-25 mm.
Fine-good very fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Imitation of a Tribute Penny of Tiberius - Livia AR Denarius 14-37 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Imitating a Bible Tribute Penny. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right. Rev: PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, holding branch and sceptre, seated right; plain legs to chair with double line below. 3.85 grams, 19 mm.
Good fine.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of an London antiquarian.
