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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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP PO[STVMVS] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VIRTV]S EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield. Cf. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388. 2.37gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h. Much of the original silvering remaining.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Є below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3107. 3.03gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head to left, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; TSA in exergue. RIC VI 20b. 11.13gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
