LOT 2824
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Postumus - Billon AR Hercules Antoninianus 260-269 A.D.
Cologne mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: HERC DEVSONIENSI, Hercules standing front, looking right, holding bow and leaning on club. Very fine.(3.09 grams, 22.35 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
LiteratureRIC V-II, 64; RSC 91a; Elmer 131; Sear 10944.
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LOT 2824
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Postumus - Billon AR Hercules Antoninianus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Hadrian - Paduan AE Sestertius 19th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Cast copy of a Paduan sestertius. Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bust right. Rev: galley under sail right. 29.55 grams, 34 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a London antiquarian. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Aureolus - Concordia AE Antoninianus 268 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Struck by Aureolus in the name of Postumus at Mediolanum mint. Obv: IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus right. Rev: CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing left, holding patera and rudder; prow of galley to left; S in exergue. 3.03 grams, 20 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Struck by Aureolus, a general of cavalry revolted against Gallienus, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Claudius II (Claudius Gothicus) - Spes AE Antoninianus Sept. 268-Jan. 269 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mediolanum mint, 1st issue, engraver 2. Obv: IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped bust right. Rev: SPES P-VBLICA, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe, P in exergue. 4.84 grams, 21 mm.
Good very fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
