LOT 3365
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 145-146. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head to right / [COS] III[I?], Salus standing to left, feeding snake coiled round altar and holding rudder upright; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 761. Very Fine. Repatinated.(21.94gr, 30mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Struck November AD 270-March AD 272. Antioch mint; 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; B below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (reverse bust type). 3.57gr, 20mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate head to right; two pellets below / VICTORIAE GOTHIC, trophy with two bound and seated captives at base. RIC V online 979. 3.08gr, 20mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Essex. From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 266-268. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONSERVATOR AVG, Aesculapius standing facing, head to left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RIC V.1 632 (sole reign); MIR 1649g; RSC 140. 4.40gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
