LOT 3531
Augustus AE As. 15-10 BC. Lugdunum mint.
CAESAR • PONT [MAX], laureate head to right / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylized figures; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond in her right hand and wreath in her left. RIC 230; BMC 550; Cohen 240. Good Fine.(9.43gr, 26mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Julia Domna Fourrée Ancient Imitation of Denarius. AD 193-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IVLIΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust to right / ΛESTA, Vesta seated to left on throne, holding palladium and transverse sceptre. Cf. RIC IV 538 (Septimius). 3.44gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name and types of Postumus, AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V.2 377 (Postumus); RIC V.4 454; Elmer 615; AGK 18b. 2.47gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Clodius Albinus, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 194-195. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head to right / MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva, helmeted, standing to left, holding olive branch and shield set on ground; spear leaning against her arm. RIC IV 7 corr. (obv. legend); BMCRE 95 (wars of the succession); RSC 48. 3.34gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
