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LOT 2918
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Struck AD 153-154. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Annona standing to left, holding two grain ears with her right hand and resting her left hand on modius set on prow. RIC III 231; RSC 291. Extremely Fine.(3.49gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 3.37gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 306. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; S-F across fields, R(wreath)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 131a. 9.28gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind bust / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor standing to left on galley, holding Victory on globe and Chi-Ro standard, behind, Victory steering ship; A in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 243. 4.14gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
