LOT 3013
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Antioch mint; struck AD 275. 1st officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-BIS, female figure standing to right, crowning emperor standing to left, holding sceptre; P between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.1 386; MER-RIC 3186 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(4.52gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum (Milan) mint; struck mid AD 268. 2nd officina. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 2.85gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Aureolus was an extraordinarily capable general who served under Valerian and Gallienus. He revolted against Gallienus in AD 267, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / DIVVS PATER TRAIAN, Trajan senior seated to left on curule chair, holding patera with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC II 252 var. (bust type); BMCRE 500; Woytek 406b; RSC 140. 2.54gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Areas of delamination on obverse.
From Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 318-319. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmetted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar; STR in exergue. RIC VII 209. 3.56gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful glossy dark brown patina.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
