LOT 2880
Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. British Victory issue. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, radiate head to right / IMPERATOR, Victory flying to right, holding trophy with both hands, pointing upward to right; S C across lower fields. RIC III 724; Cohen 435. Good Fine.(14.36gr, 26mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Apollo standing to left, holding laurel branch and leaning on tripod to right; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 610 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1670k; RSC 927a. 3.36gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Uncertain mint. Blank / [VIRTV]S AVG, Virtus, helmetted, standing facing, head to left, holding spear with left hand and resting right hand on shield. Cf. RIC V.1, 254 (Cyzicus). 2.76gr, 21mm.
Near Very Fine. Reverse brockage.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 4th officina. 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. 2.90gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
